Michael Shayne: Private Detective

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 for Michael Shayne: Private Detective...

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
Dick Gordon
Casino Patron
Sherry Hall
2nd Bartender
Paul Kruger
Parking Attendent
Tony Martelli
Casino Patron
Harold Miller
Casino Patron
Frank Mills
Counterman
Edmund Mortimer
Casino Patron
Field Norton
Casino Patron
James Pierce
Burly Man Downstairs
Jack Richardson
Casino Patron
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Bob Rose
Freddy
S.S. Simon
Casino Patron
Larry Steers
Racetrack Spectator