Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

December 19th, 19401h 17min

Comedy, Mystery
65%

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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Psycho

Psycho


Released on: 1960-06-22
Horror, Thriller, Mystery

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starti...

Next Door

Next Door


Released on: 2005-03-11
Mystery, Thriller, Horror

After Ingrid leaves John, he allows himself to be pulled into a mystical and scary world where it is...

D Company

D Company


Released on: 2013-09-13
Thriller, Action, Mystery, Crime

An anthology of three stories which portray various shades and motives of violence through different...

Memento

Memento


Released on: 2000-10-11
Mystery, Thriller

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating ...

Snatch

Snatch


Released on: 2000-09-01
Crime, Comedy

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers a...

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet


Released on: 1986-09-19
Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related ...

The Omen

The Omen


Released on: 2006-06-06
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror f...

Se7en

Se7en


Released on: 1995-09-22
Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "s...

Chinatown

Chinatown


Released on: 1974-06-20
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern ...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Released on: 1988-06-22
Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the stu...

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon


Released on: 1941-10-18
Mystery, Crime, Thriller

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful li...

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is


Released on: 1994-02-18
Adventure, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie

When a mentor and friend of Jennifer's dies, she and Jonathan return to the sleepy town where Jennif...

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep


Released on: 1946-08-23
Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involvi...

Massacre on Aisle 12

Massacre on Aisle 12


Released on: 2016-11-05
Comedy, Horror

A hardware store employee's first night on the job is disrupted by the discovery of a dead body and ...

The Sinners

The Sinners


Released on: 2013-10-02
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two homicide detectives investigates the murder of a woman ...

The Black Veil

The Black Veil


Released on: 1995-03-02
Mystery

A rich, smart, charming philanthropist from Saint-Petersburg Andrei Rokshin is found dead at home. T...

The Corsican File

The Corsican File


Released on: 2004-10-06
Comedy

Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica whos...

Sleepless

Sleepless


Released on: 2001-01-05
Mystery, Thriller, Horror

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer w...

Motives

Motives


Released on: 2004-02-24
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance

A highly successful business tycoon who is married to his ideal wife. Things get twisted awry when t...

Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain

Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain


Released on: 2003-03-01
Horror, Comedy

Two American tourists on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later, during the...