Michael Shayne: Private Detective(Movie, 1940)

Name: Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1940
Duration: T01:17:00
Rating: 3.4

1h 17min | Genres: Comedy, Mystery

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Michael Shayne, Private Detective is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver and Joan Valerie. It is based on Brett Halliday's novel The Private Practice of Michael Shayne. It was the first in a series of Michael Shayne films starring Nolan. ()

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About 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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Trailer for Michael Shayne: Private Detective + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

1941 Michael Shayne Private Detective(Trailer, 1:51)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/19/1940

Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Walter Abel, Elizabeth Patterson, Donald MacBride, Douglass Dumbrille, Clarence Kolb, George Meeker, Frank Orth, Irving Bacon, Jimmy Aubrey, Don Brodie, Fern Emmett, Bess Flowers, Harold Goodwin, Hamilton MacFadden, Edmund Mortimer, James Pierce

Director: Eugene Forde

Producer: Sol M. Wurtzel

Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Michael Shayne, Private Detective"

Keywords: private detective, racetrack, gambling, murder

Color: Black & White (B/W)