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.
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective was released in 1940 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 4 reviews, giving Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Michael Shayne: Private Detective a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 70%, Michael Shayne: Private Detective is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1940, which stands at 63%.
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