简介：Thissecondentryin20thCentury-Fox's"MichaelShayne"serieswasaremakeofthe1932FoxromanticdramaSleepersEast.Intheoriginal,thedetectivecharacterwasperipheral,butthischangedonceMichaelShayne(LloydNolan)waswritteninastheleadingcharacter.DoggedbypersistentgirlreporterKayBentley(LynnBari),privatedetectiveShaynetrieshisbesttosecretlyescortmurder-trialwitnessHelenCarlson(MaryBethHughes)bytrainfromDenvertoSanFrancisco.Helen'stestimonywillfreeamanfalselyaccusedofmurder,whichwillalsoeffectivelydestroytheelectionchancesofamachinepolitician.Thus,MikehastoprotectHelenfromanyandalllikelyassassins,includinghiredtorpedoCarlIzzard(DonCostello),whomanagestoinveigleKay'swishy-washyfianceTomLinscott(DonDouglas)intohiscamp.Meanwhile,theincognitoHelenstrikesupaclandestinerelationshipwithfellowpassengerEverettJason(Louis-JeanHeydt),whoisharboringafewsecretsofhisown.BasedonastorybyFrederickNebel(or"TorchyBlaine"fame),SleepersWestisfullofchock-fulloffascinatingcharacterizationsandstartlinglittlesurprises,andisconsideredbymanytobethebestofFox's"MichaelShayne"installments.~HalErickson,AllMovieGuide…