16 Feb 1950
Madeleine
Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
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 Billed 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
Frank Orth Steve
Irving Bacon Fisherman
Don Brodie Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey Mac
Paul E. Burns Furniture Company Move
James Conaty Casino Patron
Robert Conway Desk Clerk
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