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A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
Theatrical
Apr 4, 1947
Keywords
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...
Cast
Full credits →H
Hugh Beaumont
Michael Shayne
C
Cheryl Walker
Phyllis Hamilton
P
Paul Bryar
Tim Rourke
R
Ralph Dunn
Inspector Pete Rafferty
L
Louise Currie
Helen Brimstead
G
Gavin Gordon
Pearson aka Barton
C
Charles Quigley
Kurt Leroy
D
Douglas Fowley
Mace Morgan
N
Noel Cravat
Trigger
C
Charles King
Drunk
B
Brooks Benedict
Jim Lacy
