Murder Is My Business (1946)

Murder Is My Business

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.

Murder Is My Business

Casting arrow_drop_down

Hugh Beaumont
Hugh Beaumont
as Michael Shayne
Cheryl Walker
Cheryl Walker
as Phyllis Hamilton
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot
as Buell Renslow
George Meeker
George Meeker
as Carl Meldrum
Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin
as Arnold Ramsey
Richard Keene
Richard Keene
as Tim Rourke
David Reed
David Reed
as Ernest Ramsey
Carol Andrews
Carol Andrews
as Mona Tabor
Julia McMillan
Julia McMillan
as Dorothy Ramsey
Helene Heigh
Helene Heigh
as Eleanor Ramsey
Ralph Dunn
Ralph Dunn
as Pete Rafferty
Parker Garvie
Parker Garvie
as Joe Darnell
Virginia Christine
Virginia Christine
as Dora Darnell
Donald Kerr
Donald Kerr
as Taxi Driver
Jack Chefe
Jack Chefe
as Headwaiter
Broderick O'Farrell
Broderick O'Farrell
as Archibald

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Sigmund Neufeld
Sigmund Neufeld
Producer
Leo Erdody
Leo Erdody
Original Music Composer
Jack Greenhalgh
Jack Greenhalgh
Director of Photography
Holbrook N. Todd
Holbrook N. Todd
Editor
Edward C. Jewell
Edward C. Jewell
Art Direction
Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
Makeup Designer
Stanley Neufeld
Stanley Neufeld
Assistant Director
William E. McLane
William E. McLane
Property Master
Earl Sitar
Earl Sitar
Sound
Ray Mercer
Ray Mercer
Special Effects
Leo Erdody
Leo Erdody
Music Director
Bert Sternbach
Bert Sternbach
Production Manager
Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield
Director
Brett Halliday
Brett Halliday
Novel
Fred Myton
Fred Myton
Screenplay

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