Michael Shayne Collection

12 movies

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.

Movies

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

6.5

1940

Movie

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.

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

1940

6.5

Sleepers West

6.3

1941

Movie

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

Sleepers West

1941

6.3

Dressed to Kill

6.3

1941

Movie

A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.

Dressed to Kill

1941

6.3

Blue, White, and Perfect

6.3

1942

Movie

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.

Blue, White, and Perfect

1942

6.3

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

6.4

1942

Movie

A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942

6.4

Just Off Broadway

5.0

1942

Movie

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!

Just Off Broadway

1942

5.0

Time to Kill

5.9

1942

Movie

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

Time to Kill

1942

5.9

Murder Is My Business

6.0

1946

Movie

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.

Murder Is My Business

1946

6.0

Larceny in Her Heart

6.0

1946

Movie

In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.

Larceny in Her Heart

1946

6.0

Blonde for a Day

5.0

1946

Movie

Newspaper reporter Tim Rourke keeps writing articles that attack the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, which nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private detective Michael Shayne, who turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.

Blonde for a Day

1946

5.0

Three on a Ticket

5.8

1947

Movie

A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.

Three on a Ticket

1947

5.8

Too Many Winners

5.5

1947

Movie

Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.

Too Many Winners

1947

5.5