Murder Is My Business

1946Movie⏱️ 1h 4mApproved

ActionAdventureCrimeMysteryRomance

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

148 votes

Private eye tries to find a killer.

Director

Sam Newfield

Writers

Brett Halliday, Fred Myton

Stars

Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Lyle Talbot

Release Date

March 7, 1946

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Hugh Beaumont

as Michael Shayne

Cheryl Walker

as Phyllis Hamilton

Lyle Talbot

as Buell Renslow

George Meeker

as Carl Meldrum

Pierre Watkin

as Arnold Ramsey

Richard Keene

as Tim Rourke

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David Reed

as Ernest Ramsey

Carol Andrews

as Mona Tabor

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Julia McMillan

as Dorothy Ramsey

Helene Heigh

as Mrs. Eleanor Ramsey

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Production

Sigmund Neufeld Productions

🏷️ Keywords

police detectivesecretarydetective agencymurder investigationprivate detective

🎯 Categories

ActionAdventureCrimeMysteryRomance

⭐ Featured Review

It Doesn't Sound Like A Longterm Job

by boblipton • 2019-03-08

6/10

"Hugh Beaumont is Mike Shayne in this well-written B mystery. After detective Ralph Dunn denounces him on the radio as someone with underworld connections, Helene Heigh contacts him. She's been getting threatening letters, and her husband and stepchildren hate her. As Beaumont leaves, her husband, Pierre Watkin, asks him to arrange for a faked robbery at his home. Beaumont turns him down angrily. Then Miss Heigh and a burglar turn up dead, and Beaumont is being framed for accessory. Brett Halliday's detective had been used in a series of Fox B movies starring Lloyd Nolan. That series..."

💡 Did You Know?

The earliest documented telecast of this film in New York City occurred Friday 11 February 1949 on the Film Theater of the Air on WCBS (Channel 2); it first aired in Chicago Sunday 30 April 1950 on Studebaker Theatre on WNBQ (Channel 5), and in Los Angeles Monday 19 June 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5).