Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
1h 13m
Running Time
October 8, 1936Release Date
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
1h 13m
Running Time
October 8, 1936Release Date
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Plot.
The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time romancing a lovely young actress who's in a play that also happens to be the cover for massive jewel job. Art connoisseur and criminologist George Melville is hired to track down art thieves, assisted by perky Claire Peyton and goaded by Phil Bane, the roaring newspaper editor who has employed him. The mastermind poses as a theatrical impresario and stages a war drama, replete with loud explosions, to divert attention from his band of thieves, who are cracking safes in a bank adjacent to the theater.
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Cast & Crew.

Jean Arthur
Claire Peyton

Joel McCrea
George Melville

Reginald Owen
Blackton Gregory

Thomas Mitchell
Phil Bane

Victor Kilian
Mark Gibbs

John Gallaudet
McGuire

Emmett Vogan
Lorimer

George Cooper
Duncan

Herman Bing
Otto

Robert Warwick
Phillip Rupert

Bess Flowers
Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)

John Eldredge
Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz
John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin
Blackton's Secretary (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell
Henchman on Telephone (uncredited)

Robert Fiske
Dario - Henchman (uncredited)
Media.


Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
Adventure in Manhattan (UK title: Manhattan Madness) is a 1936 American screwball comedy thriller film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. The screenplay was written by Sidney Buchman, Harry Sauber, Jack Kirkland, and John Howard Lawson (uncredited adaptation). The story was written by Joseph Krumgold, suggested by the novel Purple and Fine Linen by May Edginton (spelled as Edington in the film). The supporting cast features Reginald Owen and Thomas Mitchell, and the film was a Columbia Pictures production.
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