

Overview
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.
Top Cast

Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver
Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie
Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel
Elliott Thomas

Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Olivia

Donald MacBride
Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb
Hiram P. Brighton

George Meeker
Harry Grange

Charles Coleman
Ponsby

Adrian Morris
Al

Robert Emmett Keane
Larry Kincaid
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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