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Michael Shayne: Private Detective is a american film of genre Drama directed by Eugene Forde released in USA on 19 december 1940 with Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 december 1940
Length 1h17
Directed by Eugene Forde
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating65%
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.
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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.Actors
Lloyd Nolan
(Michael Shayne)
Marjorie Weaver
(Phyllis Brighton)
Joan Valerie
(Marsha Gordon)
Walter Abel
(Elliott Thomas)
Elizabeth Patterson
(Aunt Olivia)
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