Series - Michael Shayne
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- DirectorEugene FordeStarsLloyd NolanMarjorie WeaverJoan ValerieAfter gumshoe Mike Shayne is hired by a millionaire to keep his daughter away from gambling and gamblers, he becomes involved in the murder of a racetrack tout.
- DirectorEugene FordeStarsLloyd NolanLynn BariMary Beth HughesMike Shayne tries to distinguish criminals from red herrings as he escorts a surprise witness via rail to a high profile trial in San Francisco.
- DirectorEugene FordeStarsLloyd NolanMary Beth HughesSheila RyanDetective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsLloyd NolanMary Beth HughesHelene ReynoldsDetective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a German smuggling ring.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsLloyd NolanMarjorie WeaverHelene ReynoldsA man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsLloyd NolanMarjorie WeaverPhil SilversPrivate detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear Lillian is killed by a knife hurled from inside the courtroom. Shyane hides the knife in the ensuing confusion. He slips out of the jury room that night and, with the aid of reporter Judy Taylor (Marjorie Weaver), traces the knife to a professional blade-slinger, Count Edmond Telmachio (Alexander Lockwood). Shayne finds the Count murdered in a warehouse and a brooch discovered on his body now points the finger of suspicion at nightclub singer Rita Darling (Joan Valerie) and the owner of the club where she works, George Dolphin(Don Costello). Rita was the fiancée of Forsythe and Dolphin is in love with her. The trial begins the next day, with Shayne back in the jury box, after giving the information he picked up to defense counsel John Logan (Richard Derr). The trial takes a surprise twist when Shayne is permitted to cross examine everyone, including the defense lawyer, who has been in love with Miss Hubbard for years.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsLloyd NolanHeather AngelDoris MerrickOne of the "Michael Shayne" detective series, Time to Kill was based on The High Window, by Raymond Chandler. Private dick Mike Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murdock (Ethel Gryffies) to retrieve a stolen rare coin she is convinced her daughter-in-law has stolen. Shayne uncovers a gang of counterfeiters and a surfeit of coins as he stumbles his way into and out of evidence and gangsters, and romance.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerLyle TalbotPrivate eye tries to find a killer.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerRalph DunnIn the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontKathryn AdamsCy KendallA newspaper reporter, Tim Rourke (Paul Bryar) keeps writing articles attacking the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, and this nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private-detective Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and Shayne turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerPaul BryarA private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsHugh BeaumontTrudy MarshallRalph DunnMichael Shayne accepts an assignment to investigate a gang of pari-mutual race tickets counterfeiters over the protests of his secretary, Phyllis Hamilton, who wants him to join her on a vacation. Shayne contacts Mayme Martin who offers him information, and sends his friend Tim Rourke to get it. Tim arrives to find Inspector Rafferty there as Mayme has been murdered. Shayne has gone to the race track to see Jim Payson and Al Hardeman, the operators. Two thugs, Joe and Punk, take shots at Shayne and he is wounded. He later learns that a printer, Madden and his engraving foreman Edwards served time for counterfeiting Irish sweepstake tickets and Shayne thinks he has the case solved... until Madden and Edwards turn up murdered.