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Murder Is My Business
Murder Is My Business

Murder Is My Business

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

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

64 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

07 March 1946

Country

United States of America

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

Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

Pete Rafferty

Parker Garvie

Parker Garvie

Joe Darnell

Virginia Christine

Virginia Christine

Dora Darnell

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Taxi Driver

Jack Chefe

Jack Chefe

Headwaiter

Broderick O'Farrell

Broderick O'Farrell

Archibald

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