The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)

A young woman (Marjorie Weaver) arrives at her family home to tell her father (Paul Harvey) that she's married. But during the night, a "ghost" takes a shot at her but he misses. She's not believed so she pays a detective (Lloyd Nolan) to pretend to be her husband while he investigates the attempted murder. Based on the novel NO COFFIN FOR THE CORPSE by Clayton Rawson and directed by Herbert I. Leeds (MR. MOTO IN DANGER ISLAND). The fifth entry in the seven movie Michael Shayne franchise is very good and I'd call it the best of the series I'd seen except for one thing. Instead of playing it straight, the movie is laced with some lame comedy that's just plain annoying which renders Lloyd Nolan's Michael Shayne irritating. That aside, I was entertained and I suspect most mystery fans will be too. With Helene Reynolds, Richard Derr and Henry Wilcoxon.