Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Name: Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Director: Eugene Forde
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1940-12-19
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel, Elizabeth Patterson

Directed by Eugene Forde

Comedy

Mystery

19401h 17m6.5

Overview

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.