Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
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.
Director:
Eugene Forde
Writers:
Stanley Rauh, Manning O'Connor.
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Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne |
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Marjorie Weaver as Phyllis Brighton |
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Joan Valerie as Marsha Gordon |
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Walter Abel as Elliott Thomas |
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Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Olivia |
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Donald MacBride as Chief Peter Painter |
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Douglass Dumbrille as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
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Clarence Kolb as Hiram P. Brighton |
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George Meeker as Harry Grange |
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Charles Coleman as Ponsby |
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Adrian Morris as Al |
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Robert Emmett Keane as Larry Kincaid |
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Frank Orth as Steve |
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Irving Bacon as Fisherman |
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Don Brodie as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Aubrey as Mac |
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Paul E. Burns as Furniture Company Move |
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James Conaty as Casino Patron |
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Robert Conway as Desk Clerk |
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Sayre Dearing as Racetrack Spectator |
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Ralph Dunn as First Bartender |
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Fern Emmett as Jenny |
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Dick French as Reporter |
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Harold Goodwin as Reporter |
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Dick Gordon as Casino Patron |
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Sherry Hall as 2nd Bartender |
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Paul Kruger as Parking Attendent |
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Hamilton MacFadden as Reporter |
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Tony Martelli as Casino Patron |
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Major McBride as Croupier |
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Harold Miller as Casino Patron |
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Frank Mills as Counterman |
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Edmund Mortimer as Casino Patron |
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Field Norton as Casino Patron |
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Paddy O'Flynn as Reporter |
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James Pierce as Burly Man Downstairs |
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Dick Rich as Mover |
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Jack Richardson as Casino Patron |
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Cyril Ring as Reporter |
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Bob Rose as Freddy |
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S.S. Simon as Casino Patron |
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Larry Steers as Racetrack Spectator |
| Directing | Eugene Forde | Director |
| Writing | Stanley Rauh | Screenplay |
| Writing | Brett Halliday | Novel |
| Writing | Manning O'Connor | Screenplay |
| Sound | Cyril J. Mockridge | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sol M. Wurtzel | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Alfred DeGaetano | Editor |
| Art | Lewis H. Creber | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| Directing | William Eckhardt | Assistant Director |
| Camera | George Schneiderman | Director of Photography |
| Sound | W.D. Flick | Sound |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Sound | Emil Newman | Music Director |
