

2 votes
1946
1h 4m
Michael Shayne is a private detective who is disliked greatly by Pete Rafferty, local chief of police detectives. Rafferty notifies the newspaper press that he is going to close Shayne's agency, just as Michael is about to be hired by the wealthy Eleanor Ramsey, who is being blackmailed. She is the stepmother of what she considers to be two grown-up brats, Dorothy and Ernest, and she considers their father to be of little value to the world himself. They all conspire to get their hands on her money, even to the extent of attempting to hire Shayne to frame an insurance robbery. Mrs. Ramsey is murdered, and Rafferty is trying to pin the killing on Shayne, despite the fact that suspicion points to Buell Renslow, brother of the slain woman. Shayne's secretary, the fetching Phyllis Hamilton, decides to do a little detective work to help her boss.
Directed by Sam Newfield

Hugh Beaumont
Michael Shayne
Cheryl Walker
Phyllis Hamilton
Lyle Talbot
Buell Renslow
George Meeker
Carl Meldrum
Pierre Watkin
Arnold Ramsey
Richard Keene
Tim RourkeDavid Reed
Ernest Ramsey
Carol Andrews
Mona TaborJulia McMillan
Dorothy Ramsey
Helene Heigh
Eleanor Ramsey
Ralph Dunn
Pete RaffertyParker Garvie
Joe Darnell
Virginia Christine
Dora Darnell
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver
Jack Chefe
Headwaiter
Broderick O'Farrell
ArchibaldStatus
Released
Release date
March 7, 1946
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English

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