Michael Shayne Private Detective (1940)

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Michael Shayne Private Detective
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon in order to frighten her When the tout really ends up murdered Shayne and Phyllis Aunt Olivia an avid reader of murder mysteries both try to find the identity of the killer
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Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 19th, 1940
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Sol M. Wurtzel
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
Movie Tags:gambling, murder

Michael Shayne Collection

The 1940 film Michael Shayne, Private Detective is the first in a series of twelve movies. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne through 1942, until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century Fox and picked up by PRC. At that point, Hugh Beaumont took over the role in five films released in 1946.