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

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Doris Merrick

Linda Conquest Murdock

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Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Murdock

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Ralph Byrd

Lou Venter, bodyguard

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Richard Lane

Lt. Breeze

Acting

Sheila Bromley

Lois Morny

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Morris Ankrum

Alexander Morny

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Phyllis Kennedy

Ina Smithers

Acting

James Seay

Leslie Murdock

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Charles Williams

Dentist

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Syd Saylor

Mailman

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Lester Sharpe

Elisha Washburn

Acting

William Pawley

Hensch

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Paul Guilfoyle

Manager, Florence Apartments

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