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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.

1940 |1h 17m |  Comedy, Mystery

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Cast

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Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

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Marjorie Weaver

Phyllis Brighton

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Joan Valerie

Marsha Gordon

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Walter Abel

Elliott Thomas

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Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Olivia

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Donald MacBride

Chief Peter Painter

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Douglass Dumbrille

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

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Clarence Kolb

Hiram P. Brighton

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George Meeker

Harry Grange

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Charles Coleman

Ponsby

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Adrian Morris

Al

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Robert Emmett Keane

Larry Kincaid

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Frank Orth

Steve

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Irving Bacon

Fisherman

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Don Brodie

Reporter (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)

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Jimmy Aubrey

Mac

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Paul E. Burns

Furniture Company Move

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Robert Conway

Desk Clerk

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Sayre Dearing

Racetrack Spectator

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Ralph Dunn

First Bartender

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Fern Emmett

Jenny

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Harold Goodwin

Reporter

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Dick Gordon

Casino Patron

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Paul Kruger

Parking Attendent

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Harold Miller

Casino Patron

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Frank Mills

Counterman

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James Pierce

Burly Man Downstairs

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Dick Rich

Mover

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Jack Richardson

Casino Patron

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Cyril Ring

Reporter

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S.S. Simon

Casino Patron

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Larry Steers

Racetrack Spectator

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Status

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Language

English

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