Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
THE GAL WHO TOOK MR. DEEDS TO TOWN STEPS OUT AGAIN... This time with handsome Joel McCrea...in the year's merriest melee of mirth!
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.
- Date of release
- 1936-10-08
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Edward Ludwig
Casting
- 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)
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