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.

Cast

Lloyd Nolan

as Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver

as Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie

as Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel

as Elliott Thomas

Elizabeth Patterson

as Aunt Olivia

Donald MacBride

as Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille

as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb

as Hiram P. Brighton

George Meeker

as Harry Grange

Charles Coleman

as Ponsby

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