Time to Kill

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Time to Kill

"Mike Shayne in a killer-diller of a chiller-diller... with no time out to count the corpses!"

1942

1h 1m

5.9(4 votes)

Mystery

Overview

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

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15 members

Acting

Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

Acting

Heather Angel

Myrle Davis

Acting

Doris Merrick

Linda Conquest Murdock

Acting

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Murdock

Acting

Ralph Byrd

Lou Venter, bodyguard

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Richard Lane

Lt. Breeze

Acting

Sheila Bromley

Lois Morny

Acting

Morris Ankrum

Alexander Morny

Acting

Phyllis Kennedy

Ina Smithers

Acting

James Seay

Leslie Murdock

Acting

Charles Williams

Dentist

Acting

Syd Saylor

Mailman

Acting

Lester Sharpe

Elisha Washburn

Acting

William Pawley

Hensch

Acting

Paul Guilfoyle

Manager, Florence Apartments

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