Blonde for a Day

1h 8m
MysteryCrime
5

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.

Cast

Hugh Beaumont
Michael Shayne
Kathryn Adams
Phyllis Hamilton
Cy Kendall
Inspector Pete Rafferty
Marjorie Hoshelle
Helen Porter
Frank Ferguson
Walter Bronson
Richard Fraser
Dillingham 'Dilly' Smith
Paul Bryar
Tim Rourke
Mauritz Hugo
Hank Brenner
Charles C. Wilson
Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
Sonia Sorel
Muriel Bronson
Claire Rochelle
Minerva Dickens

Crew

Sam Newfield
Director
Fred Myton
Screenplay
Brett Halliday
Story, Characters

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