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Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama

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

1934•1h 33m•7.0/10
CrimeDramaRomance

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7.0/10(77)

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.

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Production

Cosmopolitan Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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)

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

William Bailey

William Bailey

Al Barnes (uncredited)

Curtis Benton

Curtis Benton

Announcer (uncredited)

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