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Brett Halliday
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Brett Halliday

1904 – 1977 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Active 1940–2005

Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 – February 4, 1977), primary pen name of Davis Dresser, was an American mystery writer, best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne novels he wrote, and later commissioned others to write. Dresser wrote non-series mysteries, westerns and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Three Cases of Murder

Three Cases of Murder

1955 ★ 5.4
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Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough for them to alibi each other? When a young politician is hurt by the arrogant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord Mountdrago, he uses Mountdrago's dreams to get revenge.

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Filmography

18 credits
Crew Credits
2000s 1 credit
2005
Movie ★ 7.2
1950s 3 credits
1955
Movie ★ 5.9
1955
Movie ★ 4.6
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1940s 14 credits
1947
Movie ★ 5.8
1947
Movie ★ 5.5
1947
Movie ★ 5.5
1946
Movie ★ 6.0
1946
Movie ★ 5.0
1946
Movie ★ 5.0
1946
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Time to Kill Characters
Movie ★ 5.9
1942
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Movie ★ 5.0
1942
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
Sleepers West Characters
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
Movie ★ 6.3
1940
Movie ★ 6.5