Michael Shayne: Private Detective

6.5

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.

Discover

Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver

Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie

Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel

Elliott Thomas

Donald MacBride

Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb

Hiram P. Brighton

George Meeker

Harry Grange

Robert Emmett Keane

Larry Kincaid

Irving Bacon

Fisherman

Don Brodie

Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Furniture Company Move

James Conaty

Casino Patron

Robert Conway

Desk Clerk

Sayre Dearing

Racetrack Spectator

Ralph Dunn

First Bartender

Dick French

Reporter

Harold Goodwin

Reporter

Dick Gordon

Casino Patron

Sherry Hall

2nd Bartender

Paul Kruger

Parking Attendent

Tony Martelli

Casino Patron

Major McBride

Croupier

Harold Miller

Casino Patron

Frank Mills

Counterman

Edmund Mortimer

Casino Patron

Field Norton

Casino Patron

Paddy O'Flynn

Reporter

James Pierce

Burly Man Downstairs

Dick Rich

Mover

Jack Richardson

Casino Patron

Cyril Ring

Reporter

Bob Rose

Freddy

S.S. Simon

Casino Patron

Larry Steers

Racetrack Spectator

Art

Lewis H. Creber

Art Direction

Richard Day

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Camera

George Schneiderman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Herschel McCoy

Costume Design

Directing

Eugene Forde

Director

William Eckhardt

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Sol M. Wurtzel

Executive Producer

Sound

Cyril J. Mockridge

Original Music Composer

Emil Newman

Music Director

Writing

Stanley Rauh

Screenplay

Manning O'Connor

Screenplay

Art

Lewis H. Creber

Art Direction

Richard Day

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Camera

George Schneiderman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Herschel McCoy

Costume Design

Directing

Eugene Forde

Director

William Eckhardt

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Sol M. Wurtzel

Executive Producer

Sound

Cyril J. Mockridge

Original Music Composer

Emil Newman

Music Director

Writing

Stanley Rauh

Screenplay

Manning O'Connor

Screenplay