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Adventure in Manhattan is an American crime film first released in 1936,
directed by Edward Ludwig.
The film stars Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen, Thomas Mitchell and Victor Kilian.
It has also been released under the title: Manhattan Madness.
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Credits
- Director: Edward Ludwig
- Script: Edward Ludwig
- Music: William Grant Still
- Cast: 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), Louise Bates (Extra Outside Crime Scene), William ’Billy’ Benedict (Office Boy), Mary Blake (Undetermined Role), Wade Boteler (Police Sergeant), Romaine Callender (Old Taxi Driver), Wallis Clark (City Editor), Dora Clement (Nurse Katie – Actress in Play), Clyde Courtright (Doorman at Beauty Parlor), Mary Lou Dix (Young Attendant), Edward Earle (Henchman Jeff), John Eldredge (Tommy – Actor in Play), Robert Fiske (Henchman Dario), Bess Flowers (Miss Arnold – Beauty Salon Attendant), George Ghermanoff (Henchman), Jesse Graves (Waiter at Otto’s Pool Hall), John Hamilton (Chief of G-Men), Arthur Stuart Hull (First Nighter), Richard Kipling (Army Officer in Play), Mike Lally (Reporter), Eddie Laughton (Reporter), Raymond Lawrence (First Butler), Ralph Malone (Reporter), Frank Mayo (G-Man), Bert Moorhouse (G-Man Jim), Clive Morgan (Henchman), Horace Murphy (Night Watchman), Wedgwood Nowell (Henchman on Telephone), Barnett Parker (John – Gregory’s Butler), Edward Peil Sr. (Police Broadcaster in Montage), Lee Prather (Foreman of Press Room), Arthur Rankin (Blackton’s Secretary), Dick Rush (Policeman), Tom Seymour (Absent-Minded Man), Charles Sherlock (Newspaper Man), Reginald Simpson (Undetermined Role), Mary Jane Temple (Undetermined Role), Emerson Treacy (Injured Soldier in Play), John Tyrrell (Reporter), Theodore von Eltz (Henchman John Ridley), Robert Walker (G-Man), Fred Whalen (Pool Table Racker (unconfirmed)), Lloyd Whitlock (Henchman)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / French
- Runtime: 73 min; B&W
- Aka: Manhattan Madness
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