Movie review – Shayne#7 – “Time to Kill” (1941) ***

Most Michael Shayne movies were based on stories that didn’t feature Michael Shayne – this one had the most illustrious ancestry, stemming from the Raymond Chandler story, ‘The High Window’. He’s hired by an old biddy to look for a brasher dobloun, uncovering blackmail and murder. The touch is light and fun, with Chandler’s story providing a strong basis for a film that doesn’t quite clock in at one hour; I enjoyed it a lot more than The Brasher Doubloun, mostly because of Lloyd Nolan and a decent support cast. (Although it cheats by not really giving a climax.) He romances a nightclub singer, the wife of a wastrel in this one as opposed to the craz girl.