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Blonde for a Day

Blonde for a Day

★ 5.8/10•1946•1h 8m•NR•Mystery•Crime

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

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.

Sam Newfield · Director

Fred Myton · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 8m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 10, 1946

Actors

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

Claire Rochelle

Claire Rochelle

Minerva Dickens

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