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Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama
★ 7.0/10•1934•1h 33m•NR•Crime•Drama•Romance

RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

W.S. Van Dyke · Director

Oliver H.P. Garrett · Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Screenplay

Frank Dolan · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 33m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 4, 1934

Actors

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

William Powell

William Powell

Jim Wade

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Eleanor Packer

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Father Joe

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

Spud

George Sidney

George Sidney

Poppa Rosen

Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell

Annabelle

Muriel Evans

Muriel Evans

Tootsie Malone

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Isabelle Keith

Isabelle Keith

Miss Adams

Noel Madison

Noel Madison

Manny Arnold

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler

Jim Wade as a Boy

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Blackie as a Boy

Shirley Ross

Shirley Ross

Singer in Cotton Club

Donald Haines

Donald Haines

Young Spud (uncredited)

Frank Conroy

Frank Conroy

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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