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Michael Shayne, Private Detective

Michael Shayne, Private Detective
Directed by Eugene Forde
Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel
Written by Brett Halliday (novel)
Stanley Rauh
Manning O'Connor
Starring Lloyd Nolan
Marjorie Weaver
Joan Valerie
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography George Schneiderman
Edited by Alfred DeGaetano
Production
company
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox
Release date
  • December 19, 1940 (1940-12-19)
Running time
77 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Michael Shayne, Private Detective is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver and Joan Valerie. It is based on Brett Halliday's novel The Private Practice of Michael Shayne. It was the first in a series of Michael Shayne films starring Nolan.

A private detective is hired to act as a guardian to a wealthy man's daughter, who has been gambling away her allowance at the racetrack and associating with shady characters in a casino. However, he quickly finds himself embroiled in a murder case and has to stay one step ahead of the police while he attempts to solve it.


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