Nolan's fifth Shayne film has us back on the east coast, rural New York this time, or maybe Connecticut. A millionaire's daughter hires Shayne to pretend to be her new husband after a "ghost" tries to kill her in her father's mansion. Marjorie Weaver returns from the first film and Helene Whitney from the fourth, both playing different characters of course. Supporting players include Henry Wilcoxon, Paul Harvey (not that Paul Harvey) and silent screen comedian Billy Bevan. Highlights include some mistaken identites, magicians tricks and Shayne pretending to be only an "amature enthusiast" when "assisting" a far less capable small town police chief. Plenty of humor, a cleaver plot and at a lean 64 minutes we are back in *** territory.
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