CinemaOSMovie · 1946 · 1h 8m · NR

Blonde for a Day

MICHAEL SHANE, DETECTIVE STEPS OUT WITH A BLONDE...AND GETS KNOCKED FOR A LOOP BY A BRUNETTE!

58%(5)IMDbMysteryCrime

Newspaper reporter Tim Rourke keeps writing articles that attack the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, which nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private detective Michael Shayne, who turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.

Directed bySam Newfield

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 8m
Language
EN
Released
June 10, 1946
Studios
PRCSigmund Neufeld Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Hugh Beaumont

Hugh Beaumont

Michael Shayne

Kathryn Adams

Kathryn Adams

Phyllis Hamilton

Cy Kendall

Cy Kendall

Inspector Pete Rafferty

Marjorie Hoshelle

Marjorie Hoshelle

Helen Porter

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

Walter Bronson

Richard Fraser

Richard Fraser

Dillingham 'Dilly' Smith

Paul Bryar

Paul Bryar

Tim Rourke

Mauritz Hugo

Mauritz Hugo

Hank Brenner

Charles Cahill Wilson

Charles Cahill Wilson

Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)

Sonia Sorel

Muriel Bronson

Creative team
Directed by
Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield
Written by
Fred Myton
Brett Halliday
Brett Halliday

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