Sleepers West

Sleepers West
Directed by Eugene Forde
Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel
Written by Brett Halliday
Screenplay by Lou Breslow
Stanley Rauh
Based on Sleeper's East
1933 novel 
by Frederick Nebel
Starring Lloyd Nolan
Lynn Bari
Mary Beth Hughes
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography J. Peverell Marley
Edited by Fred Allen
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox
Release dates
 March 14, 1941
Running time
 74 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Sleepers West is a 1941 drama film directed by Eugene Forde, starring Lloyd Nolan and Lynn Bari.

This second entry in 20th Century-Fox's Michael Shayne series was a remake of the 1932 Fox romantic drama Sleepers East from the novel Sleepers East (1933) by Frederick Nebel. The film Michael Shayne - Private Detective (1940) was the first in a series of 12 films. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century-Fox and picked up by PRC. In the PRC series, Hugh Beaumont played Shayne.[1][2]

Plot summary

Shadowed by persistent girl reporter Kay Bentley (Lynn Bari), private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) tries his best to secretly escort murder-trial witness Helen Carlson (Mary Beth Hughes) by train from Denver to San Francisco.

Helen's testimony will free a man falsely accused of murder, which will also effectively destroy the election chances of a machine politician.[3]

Cast

Film notes

The 1940 film Michael Shayne – Private Detective was the first in a series of 12 films. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century Fox and picked up by PRC. At that point, Hugh Beaumont, who later went on to play Beaver Cleaver's father Ward on television's Leave It to Beaver, took over the role.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/sleepers-west-v110584
  2. ↑ http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/nebel.html
  3. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sleepers-west/

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