Manhattan Melodrama
1934 · Movie · 1h 33m · NR
CrimeDramaRomance
"RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Key crew
- W.S. Van DykeDirector
- Oliver H.P. GarrettScreenplay
- Joseph L. MankiewiczScreenplay
- Frank DolanScreenplay
- Donald Ogden StewartScreenplay
- William AxtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Clark GableEdward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
- William PowellJim Wade
- Myrna LoyEleanor Packer
- Leo CarrilloFather Joe
- Nat PendletonSpud
- George SidneyPoppa Rosen
- Isabel JewellAnnabelle
- Muriel EvansTootsie Malone
- Thomas E. JacksonAsst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
- Isabelle KeithMiss Adams
- Noel MadisonManny Arnold
- Jimmy ButlerJim Wade as a Boy
Stills
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Themes
friendshipwoman between two menorganized crimeorphanpre-codeopposite sides of the law