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Film / 1946
Blonde for a Day
Directed by
Sam Newfield
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.
The story
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.
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Cast
Hugh BeaumontMichael Shayne
Kathryn AdamsPhyllis Hamilton
Cy KendallInspector Pete Rafferty
Marjorie HoshelleHelen Porter
Frank FergusonWalter Bronson
Richard FraserDillingham 'Dilly' Smith
Paul BryarTim Rourke
Mauritz HugoHank Brenner
Charles Cahill WilsonChief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
Sonia SorelMuriel Bronson
Claire RochelleMinerva Dickens
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