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58% Critic Match
Blonde for a Day
“MICHAEL SHANE, DETECTIVE STEPS OUT WITH A BLONDE...AND GETS KNOCKED FOR A LOOP BY A BRUNETTE!”
5.8 / 10• 1946• 1h 8m•NR• English
MysteryCrime
Storyline
Newspaper reporter Tim Rourke keeps writing articles that attack the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, which nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private detective Michael Shayne, who turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.
Cast & Crew
Hugh Beaumont
Michael Shayne
Lead
Kathryn Adams
Phyllis Hamilton
Cy Kendall
Inspector Pete Rafferty
Marjorie Hoshelle
Helen Porter
Frank Ferguson
Walter Bronson
Richard Fraser
Dillingham 'Dilly' Smith
Paul Bryar
Tim Rourke
Mauritz Hugo
Hank Brenner
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sam Newfield's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Blonde for a Day is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
