Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
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Brett Halliday's flippant Irish-American private eye Michael Shayne was first brought to the screen by 20th Century-Fox in 1940, with Lloyd Nolan cast to perfection as Shayne. In dire financial straits as usual, Mike allows himself to be hired by his millionaire pal Brighton (Clarence Kolb) to… More Brett Halliday's flippant Irish-American private eye Michael Shayne was first brought to the screen by 20th Century-Fox in 1940, with Lloyd Nolan cast to perfection as Shayne. In dire financial straits as usual, Mike allows himself to be hired by his millionaire pal Brighton (Clarence Kolb) to keep the old man's chronic-gambler daughter Phyllis (Marjorie Weaver). This won't be easy, since Phyllis has been associating with such hardcase types as gambling boss Gordon (Douglas Dumbrille) and his handsome flunkey Harry Grange (George Meeker). To teach Phyllis a lesson, Mike knocks out Harry and makes it look as though the man was murdered. Unfortunately, Harry ends up murdered for real, and soon both Mike and Phyllis are high on the suspect list. Our hero manages to expose the real murderer with the assistance of Phyllis' maiden aunt Olivia (Elizabeth Patterson), an eccentric mystery-novel enthusiast. An expert blend of comedy and suspense, Michael Shayne, Private Detective (based on Halliday's novel Dividend for Death) bode well for the brief "Shayne" series that followed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Eugene Forde, Herbert I. Leeds
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
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Cast
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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 Painter
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Douglas Dumbrille
as Gordon
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Clarence Kolb
as Brighton
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George Meeker
as Harry Grange
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Charles Coleman
as Ponsby
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Michael 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
- Douglass Dumbrille
- Helene Reynolds
- Henry Wilcoxon
- Richard Derr
- Lynn Bari
- Mary Beth Hughes
- Louis Jean Heydt
- Edward Brophy
- Don Costello
- George Reeves
- Steven Geray
- Henry Victor
- Curt Bois
- Arthur Loft
