---
title: 'Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Eugene Forde'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/michael-shayne-private-detective-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032788/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940)

1940 · 77 min · Comedy, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Michael Shayne, Private Detective is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver and Joan Valerie. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Eugene Forde](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-forde)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cyril J. Mockridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-j-mockridge)
- **Producer:** [Sol M. Wurtzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-m-wurtzel)

## Cast

- [Jimmy Aubrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-aubrey)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Elizabeth Patterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-patterson)
- [Marjorie Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-weaver)
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-mortimer)
- [James Pierce](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-pierce)
- [Don Brodie](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-brodie)
- [George Meeker](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-meeker)
- [Frank Orth](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-orth)
- [Hamilton MacFadden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamilton-macfadden)
- [Lloyd Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-nolan)
- [Walter Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-abel)
- [Donald MacBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-macbride)
- [Clarence Kolb](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-kolb)
- [Fern Emmett](https://cinepixo.com/people/fern-emmett)

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