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Just Off Broadway is a american film of genre Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds released in USA on 25 september 1942 with Lloyd Nolan

Just Off Broadway (1942)

Just Off Broadway
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Released in USA 25 september 1942
Length 1h5
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action,    Noir,    Crime,    Romance
Rating60% 3.0473353.0473353.0473353.0473353.047335

Just Off Broadway is a 1942 Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This is the sixth of a series of seven that Lloyd Nolan played Michael Shayne for Twentieth Century Fox films. Hugh Beaumont portrayed Shayne in five more films from Producers Releasing Corporation.

Synopsis

Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan), a private investigator, flees from jury duty to prove the defendant's guilt. He and his girlfriend Judy Taylor (Marjorie Weaver), a reporter, begin looking into the suspect's alibis and discover that in addition to the murder he stands trial for, the man has also killed two others. Afterward, the detective is jailed of 60 days for defecting from the jury.

Actors

Lloyd Nolan

(Michael Shayne)
Marjorie Weaver

(Judy Taylor)
Phil Silvers

(Roy Higgins)
Janis Carter

(Lillian Hubbard)
Richard Derr

(John Logan, Defense Attorney)
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