18 Jan 1985
Blood Simple
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Murder Is My Business
TWO DAZZLING DARLINGS SLUG IT OUT... and MIKE'S caught in the middle again!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Hugh Beaumont Michael Shayne
Cheryl Walker Phyllis Hamilton
Lyle Talbot Buell Renslow
George Meeker Carl Meldrum
Pierre Watkin Arnold Ramsey
Richard Keene Tim Rourke
David Reed Ernest Ramsey
Carol Andrews Mona Tabor
Julia McMillan Dorothy Ramsey
Helene Heigh Eleanor Ramsey
Ralph Dunn Pete Rafferty
Parker Garvie Joe Darnell
Virginia Christine Dora Darnell
Donald Kerr Taxi Driver
Jack Chefe Headwaiter
Broderick O'Farrell Archibald
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