Just Off Broadway

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Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver in Just Off Broadway (1942)

Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear Lil... Read allPrivate detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear Lillian is killed by a knife hurled from inside the courtroom. Shyane hides the knife in the ... Read allPrivate detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear Lillian is killed by a knife hurled from inside the courtroom. Shyane hides the knife in the ensuing confusion. He slips out of the jury room that night and, with the aid of reporter ... Read all

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Phil Silvers in Just Off Broadway (1942)

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Trivia
The $150 that the paper offers Higgins(Phil Silvers) for the photo he takes of Michael Shayne would be $2,885 in 2024,

Goofs
In this film everything seems to be open through the night and everybody is fully dressed in business attire at all hours. The jeweler is one such person. He is fully dressed, coat and tie, after 1 am (the viewer knows this as in the preceding scene Higgins tells Morrison his photo of Shayne was taken at 1 am). Apparently in this world no one disrobes and goes to bed at night, not even late at night. In an earlier scene there is even a tour of Chinatown at what must have been close to midnight.

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Followed by Time to Kill (1942)

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It Happened, It's Over, Let's Forget It
(uncredited)
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin

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6/10

an entry into the Michael Shayne series

A woman (Janis Carter) is on trial for murder. A witness is killed by a knife flung at him in court; detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is on the jury and jumps into the fray. Crawling on the floor, he grabs the knife from under a table and drives it under the top.

Shayne knows the defendant is innocent and is determined to prove it. After drugging his fellow juror roommate, he takes off down the fire escape and goes back to court to retrieve the knife. A reporter (Marjorie Weaver) beats him to it and wants in on the story.

The Michael Shayne films from 20th Century Fox were a series of Bs starring Lloyd Nolan. They're short, light, quick-moving, and fun, with a good performances by Nolan and Weaver in the usual relationship between detective and competitive female reporter we see so often.

This is a very 40s film, with talk of ration cards and killing the Japanese.

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