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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) Credits - Full Cast and Crew

1940Movie
Audience Score
65

Cast

L
Lloyd Nolan
as Michael Shayne
M
Marjorie Weaver
as Phyllis Brighton
J
Joan Valerie
as Marsha Gordon
W
Walter Abel
as Elliott Thomas
E
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Olivia
D
Donald MacBride
as Chief Peter Painter
D
Douglass Dumbrille
as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
C
Clarence Kolb
as Hiram P. Brighton
G
George Meeker
as Harry Grange
C
Charles Coleman
as Ponsby
A
Adrian Morris
as Al
R
Robert Emmett Keane
as Larry Kincaid
F
Frank Orth
as Steve
I
Irving Bacon
as Fisherman
D
Don Brodie
as Reporter (uncredited)
B
Bess Flowers
as Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
J
Jimmy Aubrey
as Mac
P
Paul E. Burns
as Furniture Company Move
J
James Conaty
as Casino Patron
R
Robert Conway
as Desk Clerk
S
Sayre Dearing
as Racetrack Spectator
R
Ralph Dunn
as First Bartender
F
Fern Emmett
as Jenny
D
Dick French
as Reporter
H
Harold Goodwin
as Reporter
D
Dick Gordon
as Casino Patron
S
Sherry Hall
as 2nd Bartender
P
Paul Kruger
as Parking Attendent
H
Hamilton MacFadden
as Reporter
T
Tony Martelli
as Casino Patron
M
Major McBride
as Croupier
H
Harold Miller
as Casino Patron
F
Frank Mills
as Counterman
E
Edmund Mortimer
as Casino Patron
F
Field Norton
as Casino Patron
P
Paddy O'Flynn
as Reporter
J
James Pierce
as Burly Man Downstairs
D
Dick Rich
as Mover
J
Jack Richardson
as Casino Patron
C
Cyril Ring
as Reporter
B
Bob Rose
as Freddy
S
S.S. Simon
as Casino Patron
L
Larry Steers
as Racetrack Spectator

Crew

E
Eugene Forde
Director
B
Brett Halliday
Novel
M
Manning O'Connor
Screenplay
S
Stanley Rauh
Screenplay
S
Sol M. Wurtzel
Executive Producer
T
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
G
George Schneiderman
Director of Photography
L
Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
C
Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
A
Alfred DeGaetano
Editor
R
Richard Day
Art Direction
H
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design
W
W.D. Flick
Sound
W
William Eckhardt
Assistant Director
H
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
E
Emil Newman
Music Director

Michael Shayne Collection

The 1940 film Michael Shayne, Private Detective is the first in a series of twelve movies. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne through 1942, until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century Fox and picked up by PRC. At that point, Hugh Beaumont took over the role in five films released in 1946.