The 1940 film Michael Shayne, Private Detective is the first in a series of twelve movies. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne through 1942, until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century Fox and picked up by PRC. At that point, Hugh Beaumont took over the role in five films released in 1946.
12 films
Herbert I. Leeds (Director) · Arnaud d'Usseau (Screenplay)
Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver
Catherine Wolff
Helene Reynolds
Anna Wolff
Henry Wilcoxon
Dr. Haggard
Richard Derr
Roger Blake
Paul Harvey
Dudley Wolff
Billy Bevan
Phillips
Olin Howland
Jonathan Meek
Robert Emmett Keane
Alfred Dunning
LeRoy Mason
Zorah Bey
Jeff Corey
Tim Larsen
Francis Ford
Caretaker
Harry Carter
Call Boy (Uncredited)
Mary Field
Maid (Uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Gus / The Great Merlini (Uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Peggy (Uncredited)
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A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
