A stolen coin, a pile of bodies, and a detective who can't stop wisecracking.
Acting
Lloyd Nolan's motormouth charm carries the whole thing
Writing
Dialogue so quippy it barely lets you breathe
Production
61 minutes of pure plot-dense efficiency
Director
Herbert I. Leeds
Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne
Heather Angel
Myrle Davis
Doris Merrick
Linda Conquest Murdock
Ethel Griffies
Mrs. Murdock
Ralph Byrd
Lou Venter, bodyguard
Richard Lane
Lt. Breeze
Sheila Bromley
Lois Morny
Morris Ankrum
Alexander Morny
Phyllis Kennedy
Ina Smithers
James Seay
Leslie Murdock
Charles Williams
Dentist
Syd Saylor
Mailman
Lester Sharpe
Elisha Washburn
William Pawley
Hensch
Paul Guilfoyle
Manager, Florence Apartments
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the fifth of seven Shayne films Nolan made in just two years—Fox was pumping these out like cheap cigarettes.
The 'killer-diller chiller-diller' tagline represents peak 1940s exploitation marketing—promising way more pulp than the Hays Code actually allowed.
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