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Release Date:
December 19, 1940
Original Title:
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Genres:
Comedy | Mystery
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 77
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.
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Art Direction:
Lewis H. Creber
Richard Day
Assistant Director:
William Eckhardt
Costume Design:
Herschel McCoy
Director:
Eugene Forde
Director of Photography:
George Schneiderman
Editor:
Alfred DeGaetano
Executive Producer:
Sol M. Wurtzel
Music Director:
Emil Newman
Novel:
Brett Halliday
Original Music Composer:
Cyril J. Mockridge
Screenplay:
Stanley Rauh
Manning O'Connor
Set Decoration:
Thomas Little
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