The Complete PRC Michael Shayne Mystery Collection

After the Lloyd Nolan series at Fox ran its course, Hugh Beaumont set up shop as Brett Halliday's two-fisted shamus in these hard-to-find whodunits from Producers Releasing Corporation. When the body of a wealthy new client is found alongside that of an old crony, Shayne has to out-race the cops looking to implicate him, in "Murder Is My Business" (1946). With Lyle Talbot, George Meeker. The pursuit of a client’s missing stepdaughter brings Shayne to a perilous undercover sanitarium stay in "Larceny in Her Heart" (1946). With Douglas Fowley, Gordon Richards. Shayne comes to the aid of a reporter pal whose stories on a string of unsolved murders get him mixed up with a gambling syndicate in "Blonde for a Day" (1946) and a beautiful--and dangerous--blonde. With Kathryn Adams, Paul Bryar. Shayne discovers--the hard way--why a baggage claim voucher was so important that an old comrade had to die for it, in "Three on a Ticket" (1947). With Cheryl Walker, Ralph Dunn. Someone’s been flooding a racetrack with counterfeit tickets, and Shayne has to grab their reins, in "Too Many Winners" (1947). With Trudy Marshall, John Hamilton. 5 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.