The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942 film)

The Man Who Wouldn't Die is a 1942 mystery film directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This movie is the 5th of a series of seven of the Michael Shayne movies produced by Twentieth Century Fox between 1940 and 1942.

The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Directed by	Herbert I. Leeds
Written by	Brett Halliday (character)
Screenplay by	Arnaud d'Usseau
Based on	No Coffin for the Corpse 1942 novel by Clayton Rawson
Produced by	Sol M. Wurtzel
Starring	Lloyd Nolan Marjorie Weaver Helene Reynolds
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Edited by	Fred Allen
Music by	David Raksin
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date	May 1, 1942 (1942-05-01)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne
• Marjorie Weaver as Kay Wolff Blake
• Helene Reynolds as Anna Wolff
• Henry Wilcoxon as Dr. Haggard
• Richard Derr as Roger Blake
• Paul Harvey (actor) as Dudley Wolff
• Billy Bevan as Phillips - the Butler
• Olin Howland as Chief of Police Jonathan Meek (as Olin Howlin)
• Robert Emmett Keane as Alfred Dunning
• LeRoy Mason as Zorah Bey
• Jeff Corey as Coroner Tim Larsen
• Francis Ford as Caretaker
• Mary Field as Maid (uncredited)
• Charles Iwrin as Gus aka The Great Merlini (uncredited)

External links

• The Man Who Wouldn't Die at IMDb
• The Man Who Wouldn't Die at AllMovie
• The Man Who Wouldn't Die at the TCM Movie Database
• The Man Who Wouldn't Die at the American Film Institute Catalog