Just Off Broadway
Just Off Broadway is a 1942 Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This is the sixth of a series of seven that Lloyd Nolan played Michael Shayne for Twentieth Century Fox films. Hugh Beaumont portrayed Shayne in five more films from Producers Releasing Corporation.
| Just Off Broadway | |
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| Directed by | Herbert I. Leeds |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Written by | Brett Halliday Jo Eisinger |
| Screenplay by | Arnaud d'Usseau |
| Starring | Lloyd Nolan Marjorie Weaver Phil Silvers |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
Plot summary
Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan), a private investigator, flees from jury duty to prove the defendant's guilt. He and Judy Taylor (Marjorie Weaver), a reporter, begin looking into the suspect's alibis and discover that in addition to the murder he stands trial for, the man has also killed two others. Afterward, the detective is jailed for 60 days for defecting from the jury.[1]
Cast
- Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne
- Marjorie Weaver as Judy Taylor
- Phil Silvers as Roy Higgins
- Janis Carter as Lillian Hubbard
- Richard Derr as John Logan, Defense Attorney
- Joan Valerie as Rita Darling
- Don Costello as George Dolphin
- Chester Clute as Sperty, Juror-Roommate
- Francis Pierlot as Sidney Arno, Jeweler
- Grant Richards as District Attorney John F. McGonagle
- George M. Carleton as Judge Robert Walters
- Alexander Lockwood as Count Edmond Telmachio
- William Haade as Warehouse Watchman
- Leyland Hodgson as Henry Randolph, Butler
- Oscar O'Shea as Pop, Stage Door Watchman
- Virginia Mayo as Elevator Girl (uncredited: IMDB has Edna Mae Jones, but this does not agree with the movie or with available pictures of Jones)
External links
- Just Off Broadway on IMDb
- Just Off Broadway at AllMovie
- Just Off Broadway at the TCM Movie Database
- Just Off Broadway at the American Film Institute Catalog
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