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Time to Kill

Time to Kill

Mike Shayne in a killer-diller of a chiller-diller... with no time out to count the corpses!

1942 1h 1mMystery

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

3.1/5

TMDB score· 5 votes

Synopsis

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

Behind it

Herbert I. LeedsHerbert I. LeedsDirectorEmil NewmanComposerCharles G. ClarkeCharles G. ClarkeCinematography

Cast

Lloyd NolanLloyd NolanMichael Shayne
Heather AngelHeather AngelMyrle Davis
Doris MerrickDoris MerrickLinda Conquest Murdock
Ethel GriffiesEthel GriffiesMrs. Murdock
Ralph ByrdRalph ByrdLou Venter, bodyguard
Richard LaneRichard LaneLt. Breeze
Sheila BromleySheila BromleyLois Morny
Morris AnkrumMorris AnkrumAlexander Morny
Phyllis KennedyPhyllis KennedyIna Smithers
James SeayJames SeayLeslie Murdock
Charles WilliamsCharles WilliamsDentist
Syd SaylorSyd SaylorMailman
Lester SharpeLester SharpeElisha Washburn
William PawleyWilliam PawleyHensch
Paul GuilfoylePaul GuilfoyleManager, Florence Apartments

Director

Herbert I. Leeds

Release date

24 Dec 1942

Runtime

1h 1m

Studio

20th Century Fox

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Michael Shayne Collection

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.

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.

3.3

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

1940

Sleepers West

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

3.2

Sleepers West

1941

Dressed to Kill

A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.

3.1

Dressed to Kill

1941

Blue, White and Perfect

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.

3.3

Blue, White and Perfect

1942

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.

3.3

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942

Just Off Broadway

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!

2.9

Just Off Broadway

1942

Time to Kill

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

3.1

Time to Kill

1942

Murder Is My Business

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.

4.0

Murder Is My Business

1946

Larceny in Her Heart

In 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.

3.0

Larceny in Her Heart

1946

Blonde for a Day

Newspaper reporter Tim Rourke keeps writing articles that attack the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, which nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private detective Michael Shayne, who turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.

2.9

Blonde for a Day

1946

Three on a Ticket

A 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.

3.0

Three on a Ticket

1947

Too Many Winners

Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.

3.0

Too Many Winners

1947

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