
In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.
Cast

Hugh Beaumont
Michael Shayne

Cheryl Walker
Phyllis Hamilton

Ralph Dunn
Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

Paul Bryar
Tim Rourke

Charles C. Wilson
Chief Gentry (as Charles Wilson)

Douglas Fowley
Doc H. C. Patterson

Gordon Richards
Burton Stallings

Charles Quigley
Arch Dubler
Julia McMillan
Lucille
Marie Hannon
Helen Stallings / Barbara Brett

Lee Bennett
Whit Marlowe

Henry Hall
Dr. F. C. Porter

Fred Aldrich
Asylum Orderly

Chet Brandenburg
Patient

John Cason
Club Bouncer

Milton Kibbee
Joe Morell

Bob Reeves
Police Officer
Jack Roper
Club Bouncer

Gene Roth
Asylum Orderly
Crew

Sam Newfield
Director, Assistant Director
Raymond L. Schrock
Screenplay
Holbrook N. Todd
Editor
Jack Greenhalgh
Director of Photography
Sigmund Neufeld
Producer

Bud Westmore
Makeup Department Head
Earl Sitar
Sound Engineer
Ray C. Smallwood
Special Effects
Ray Mercer
Special Effects
Leo Erdody
Music Director, Music
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
Eugene C. Stone
Property Master

Brett Halliday
Characters
Bert Sternbach
Production Manager
Edward C. Jewell
Art Direction
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