Michael Shayne, Private Detective

Michael Shayne, Private Detective
Directed byEugene Forde
Screenplay byStanley Rauh
Manning O'Connor
Based onDividend on Death
1934 novel
by Brett Halliday
Produced bySol M. Wurtzel
StarringLloyd Nolan
Marjorie Weaver
Joan Valerie
CinematographyGeorge Schneiderman
Edited byAlfred DeGaetano
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 19, 1940 (1940-12-19)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Michael Shayne, Private Detective is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver and Joan Valerie.[1] It is based on Brett Halliday's novel The Private Practice of Michael Shayne. It was the first in a series of Michael Shayne films starring Nolan.

  1. ^ Backer p.106