Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Rating: 6.6 · 1940 · Comedy, Mystery · USA · 1 ч 17 мин

Description

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.

Information

Year

1940

Genre

Comedy, Mystery

Country

USA

Runtime

1 ч 17 мин

TMDB

6.6

IMDb

6.6

Director

• Eugene Forde

Cast

• Lloyd Nolan — Michael Shayne
• Marjorie Weaver — Phyllis Brighton
• Joan Valerie — Marsha Gordon
• Walter Abel — Elliott Thomas
• Elizabeth Patterson — Aunt Olivia
• Donald MacBride — Chief Peter Painter
• Douglass Dumbrille — Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
• Clarence Kolb — Hiram P. Brighton
• George Meeker — Harry Grange
• Charles Coleman — Ponsby
• Adrian Morris — Al
• Robert Emmett Keane — Larry Kincaid
• Frank Orth — Steve
• Irving Bacon — Fisherman
• Don Brodie — Reporter (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers — Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
• Jimmy Aubrey — Mac
• Paul E. Burns — Furniture Company Move
• James Conaty — Casino Patron
• Robert Conway — Desk Clerk

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