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In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.

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Top billed cast

Lloyd NolanMichael Shayne
Mary Beth HughesMerle Garland
George ReevesJuan Arturo O'Hara
Helene ReynoldsHelen Shaw
Steven GerayVanderhoefen
Henry VictorRudolf Hagerman
Curt BoisFriedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois
Marie BlakeEthel
Emmett VoganCharlie
Mae MarshMrs. Bertha Toby

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