Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)

Movie"Mike Shayne battles smugglers and spies to keep them in the U.S.A. It's his most dangerous assignment!"
Audience Score
63
Blue, White, and Perfect
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
DirectorHerbert I. Leeds

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 6th, 1942
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Sol M. Wurtzel
Production Companies:20th Century Fox

Michael Shayne Collection

The 1940 film Michael Shayne, Private Detective is the first in a series of twelve movies. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne through 1942, until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century Fox and picked up by PRC. At that point, Hugh Beaumont took over the role in five films released in 1946.