Movie: Murder Is My Business

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hugh Beaumont
Hugh Beaumont

Michael Shayne

Cheryl Walker
Cheryl Walker

Phyllis Hamilton

Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot

Buell Renslow

George Meeker
George Meeker

Carl Meldrum

Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin

Arnold Ramsey

Richard Keene
Richard Keene

Tim Rourke

David Reed
David Reed

Ernest Ramsey

Carol Andrews
Carol Andrews

Mona Tabor

Julia McMillan
Julia McMillan

Dorothy Ramsey

Helene Heigh
Helene Heigh

Eleanor Ramsey

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1946-03-07

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
  • Tagline

    TWO DAZZLING DARLINGS SLUG IT OUT... and MIKE'S caught in the middle again!

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  • Languages:

    English
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