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Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

Comedy Mystery
Release Date: 1940, December 19
Directors: Eugene Forde
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Douglass Dumbrille, Paul Kruger, Harold Miller, Irving Bacon, George Meeker, Adrian Morris, Bess Flowers, Dick Gordon, Lloyd Nolan, Tony Martelli, Don Brodie, Cyril Ring

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.

Keywords:

murder gambling private detective racetrack