Michael Shayne, Private Detective 1940 Full Movie

20th Century Fox
Release Date : December 19, 1940
Running Time : 77 minutes
Black & White
Director : Eugene Forde
Cast : Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel, Donald McBride, Elizabeth Patterson, Douglas Dumbrille, Clarence Kolb, Frank Orth, Irving Bacon, George Meeker

First of seven films starring Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne, based upon the character created by Brett Halliday. The first film is from the novel "The Private Practice Of Michael Shayne", wherein Irish "private eye" Shayne ( Nolan ) is hired by millionaire Hiram Brighton ( Kolb ) to keep his compulsive daughter Phyllis ( Weaver ) from gambling away a fortune. Mike fakes her race track tout boyfriend's ( Abel ) death to try to shake from the shady gambling world. When the tout turns up dead they discover he was also romancing daughter of gambling casino owner Benny Gordon ( Dumbrille ). Mike and Aunt Olivia have their hands full in this fun, kick off to a neat series of "Irish" based detective work.

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