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Murder Is My Business

1946, English. Directed by Sam Newfield.

TWO DAZZLING DARLINGS SLUG IT OUT... and MIKE'S caught in the middle again!

Michael Shayne is a private detective who is disliked greatly by Pete Rafferty, local chief of police detectives. Rafferty notifies the newspaper press that he is going to close Shayne's agency, just as Michael is about to be hired by the wealthy Eleanor Ramsey, who is being blackmailed. She is the stepmother of what she considers to be two grown-up brats, Dorothy and Ernest, and she considers their father to be of little value to the world himself. They all conspire to get their hands on her money, even to the extent of attempting to hire Shayne to frame an insurance robbery. Mrs. Ramsey is murdered, and Rafferty is trying to pin the killing on Shayne, despite the fact that suspicion points to Buell Renslow, brother of the slain woman. Shayne's secretary, the fetching Phyllis Hamilton, decides to do a little detective work to help her boss.

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1h 4m
Post-credits
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Language
English
Rated
NR

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Released
7 March 1946
Country
United States of America
Written by
Fred Myton
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Watch Blue, White and Perfect (1942), The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942), Just Off Broadway (1942), and Time to Kill (1942) first, plus 3 earlier titles listed on this page.

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Next in the series: Larceny in Her Heart (1946), Blonde for a Day (1946), and Three on a Ticket (1947).

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Murder Is My Business runs 64 minutes (1h 4m).

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Murder Is My Business is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.

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Murder Is My Business isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 March 1946. (Checked 11 November 2026.)

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Who directed Murder Is My Business?

Murder Is My Business (1946) was directed by Sam Newfield and stars Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Lyle Talbot.

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