Larceny in Her Heart (1946)

6.0/10 68 min Mystery Crime

Overview

In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.

Cast

Hugh Beaumont

Michael Shayne

Cheryl Walker

Phyllis Hamilton

Ralph Dunn

Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty

Paul Bryar

Tim Rourke

Charles C. Wilson

Chief Gentry (as Charles Wilson)

Douglas Fowley

Doc H. C. Patterson

Gordon Richards

Burton Stallings

Charles Quigley

Arch Dubler

Lee Bennett

Whit Marlowe

Henry Hall

Dr. F. C. Porter

Fred Aldrich

Asylum Orderly

Chet Brandenburg

Patient

John Cason

Club Bouncer

Milton Kibbee

Joe Morell

Bob Reeves

Police Officer

Gene Roth

Asylum Orderly

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