Just Off Broadway

Aug 28, 1942

1h 5m

★ 5.0

That slick sleuth...Mike Shayne...is at it again

Overview

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!

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Just Off Broadway Trailers

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Cast

Michael Shayne

Lloyd Nolan

Judy Taylor

Marjorie Weaver

Roy Higgins

Phil Silvers

Lillian Hubbard

Janis Carter

John Logan, Defense Attorney

Richard Derr

Rita Darling

Joan Valerie

George Dolphin

Don Costello

Sperty, Juror-Roommate

Chester Clute

Sidney Arno, Jeweler

Francis Pierlot

District Attorney John F. McGonagle

Grant Richards

Judge Robert Walters

George M. Carleton

Count Edmond Telmachio

Alexander Lockwood

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