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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Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver as Phyllis Brighton
Joan Valerie as Marsha Gordon
Walter Abel as Elliott Thomas
Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Olivia
Donald MacBride as Chief Peter Painter
Douglass Dumbrille as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Clarence Kolb as Hiram P. Brighton
George Meeker as Harry Grange
Charles Coleman as Ponsby
Adrian Morris as Al
Robert Emmett Keane as Larry Kincaid
Frank Orth as Steve
Irving Bacon as Fisherman
Don Brodie as Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey as Mac
Paul E. Burns as Furniture Company Move
James Conaty as Casino Patron
Robert Conway as Desk Clerk
Sayre Dearing as Racetrack Spectator
Ralph Dunn as First Bartender
Fern Emmett as Jenny
Dick French as Reporter
Harold Goodwin as Reporter
Dick Gordon as Casino Patron
Sherry Hall as 2nd Bartender
Paul Kruger as Parking Attendent
Hamilton MacFadden as Reporter
Tony Martelli as Casino Patron
Major McBride as Croupier
Harold Miller as Casino Patron
Frank Mills as Counterman
Edmund Mortimer as Casino Patron
Field Norton as Casino Patron
Paddy O'Flynn as Reporter
James Pierce as Burly Man Downstairs
Dick Rich as Mover
Jack Richardson as Casino Patron
Cyril Ring as Reporter
Bob Rose as Freddy
S.S. Simon as Casino Patron
Larry Steers as Racetrack Spectator
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