Manpower (1941)
August 9, 1941Release Date
Manpower (1941)
August 9, 1941Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Edward G. Robinson
Hank McHenry
Marlene Dietrich
Fay Duval
George Raft
Johnny Marshall
Alan Hale
Jumbo Wells
Frank McHugh
Omaha
Eve Arden
Dolly
Barton MacLane
Smiley Quinn
Ward Bond
Eddie Adams
Walter Catlett
Sidney Whipple
Joyce Compton
Scarlett
Lucia Carroll
Flo
Egon Brecher
Pop Duval
Cliff Clark
Cully
Joseph Crehan
Sweeney
Ben Welden
Al Hurst
Barbara Pepper
Polly
Dorothy Appleby
Wilma
Murray Alper
Lineman (uncredited)
Jean Ames
Thelma (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Midnight Club Patron (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett
Girl (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
Muriel Barr
Model (uncredited)
Diana Barrymore
Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Drunk Texan (uncredited)
Joyce Bryant
Mrs. Brewster (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Peter Caldwell
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
Nat Carr
28 Club Waiter (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Drunk Bounced from Midnight Club (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Club Patron (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Detective in Raid (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
Bartender (uncredited)
John Dilson
Jail Clerk (uncredited)
Roland Drew
Citizen Reporting Power Outage (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Drunk Texan (uncredited)
Faye Emerson
Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
James Flavin
Orderly About to Give Bath (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Club Patron (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler
Mrs. Calkin (uncredited)
William Gould
Freeman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
Noisy Nash (uncredited)
John Harmon
Benny (uncredited)
Harry Harvey Jr.
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
Al Herman
Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Charlie (uncredited)
Friedrich Hollaender
Accompanist (uncredited)
Harry Holman
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
28 Club Bartender (uncredited)
William Hopper
Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
John Kelly
28 Club Bouncer (uncredited)
Paul King
Club Patron (uncredited)
Barbara Land
Marilyn (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Audra Lindley
Nurse (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Midnight Club Bartender (uncredited)
Al Lloyd
Midnight Club Patron (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Midnight Club Doorman (uncredited)
Pat McKee
Midnight Club Bouncer (uncredited)
Gayle Mellott
Model (uncredited)
William Newell
Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
28 Club Bartender (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Detective in Raid (uncredited)
Jane Randolph
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
Midnight Club Waiter (uncredited)
Bobby Robb
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
Drew Roddy
Boy Playing Baseball (uncredited)
William Royle
Policeman in Raid (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Man to Call Substation (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Piano Player (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Tommy (Foreman Sent to Line 191) (uncredited)
Robert Strange
Bailsman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Midnight Club Waiter (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Boyle (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Lineman (uncredited)
Nella Walker
Floor Lady (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Joan Winfield
Nurse Holding Baby (uncredited)
Isabel Withers
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Beal Wong
Wing Ling (uncredited)
Richard Macaulay
Screenplay
Raoul Walsh
Director
Jerry Wald
Screenplay
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Buster Wiles
Stunts
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 9, 1941
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Manpower is a 1941 American crime melodrama directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft. The picture was written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald, and the supporting cast features Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Eve Arden, Barton MacLane, Ward Bond and Walter Catlett.
Robinson and Raft got into a fistfight on the set that was eagerly splashed all over the front pages of the nation's newspapers. The fight was photographed by a Life magazine photographer who was visiting the set that day. Humphrey Bogart was considered for Robinson's role, but Raft refused to have him as his co-star. Victor McLaglen was also considered to play Robinson's role, which would have made it a supporting part, and Raft reportedly resented sharing leading man status on the film as a result of Robinson being cast instead.
Raft chose to make Manpower over the remake of the 1931 pre-Code version of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, partly because it was a choice between untried first-time director John Huston and Walsh, the veteran director of Raft's 1933 hit The Bowery, plus Raft reasoned that a Hays Code-era remake may not be able to live up to its pre-Code predecessor, so the career-catapulting role of Sam Spade went to Bogart instead.
The script is one of many reworkings of the plotline for a 1932 Robinson movie called Tiger Shark, in which Robinson played essentially the same part, only as a tuna fisherman rather than an electric power lineman.