A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it ...

The 1940 film Michael Shayne, Private Detective is the first in a series of twelve movies. Lloyd Nolan starred ... At that point, Hugh Beaumont took over the role in five films released in 1946.