Manpower (1941) - film review

Drama / Crime

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Manpower is an American crime film first released in 1941, directed by Raoul Walsh. The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Alan Hale and Frank McHugh. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Raoul Walsh
Script: Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald
Photo: Ernest Haller
Music: Adolph Deutsch, Heinz Roemheld
Cast: Edward G. Robinson (Hank ’Gimpy’ McHenry), Marlene Dietrich (Fay Duval), George Raft (Johnny Marshall), Alan Hale (Jumbo Wells), Frank McHugh (Omaha), Eve Arden (Dolly), Barton MacLane (Smiley Quinn), Ward Bond (Eddie Adams), Walter Catlett (Sidney Whipple), Joyce Compton (Scarlett), Lucia Carroll (Flo), Egon Brecher (Antoine ’Pop’ Duval), Cliff Clark (Cully), Joseph Crehan (Sweeney), Ben Welden (Al Hurst), Barbara Pepper (Polly), Dorothy Appleby (Wilma), Murray Alper (Lineman), Jean Ames (Thelma, the Cafe Cashier), Sam Ash (Extra at Midnight Club), Lynn Baggett (Bit Part), Leah Baird (Mrs. Taylor, Prison Matron), Muriel Barr (Model), Diana Barrymore (Bit Part), Arthur Q. Bryan (Drunk Texan), Joyce Bryant (Mrs. Brewster), Georgia Caine (Head Nurse), Peter Caldwell (Boy Playing Baseball), Nat Carr (28 Club Waiter), Glen Cavender (Drunk Bounced from Midnight Club), Eddy Chandler (Detective in Raid), Chester Clute (Drug Store Clerk), Joe Devlin (Bartender), John Dilson (Jail Clerk), Roland Drew (Citizen Reporting Power Outage), Ralph Dunn (Man Calling Sweeney), Dick Elliott (Drunk Texan), Faye Emerson (Nurse Who Lost Draw), Eddie Fetherston (Power Company Telephone Operator), James Flavin (Orderly About to Give Bath), Brenda Fowler (Mrs. Calkin, a Saleslady), William Gould (Freeman, Police Desk Sergeant), Fred Graham (Lineman at Cafe Counter), Carl Harbaugh (Noisy Nash), John Harmon (Benny, the Counterman), Harry Harvey Jr. (Boy Playing Baseball), Al Herman (Power Company Telephone Operator), Herbert Heywood (Charlie, a Watchman), Friedrich Hollaender (Accompanist), Harry Holman (Justice of the Peace), Stuart Holmes (28 Club Bartender), William Hopper (Power Company Telephone Operator), John Kelly (28 Club Bouncer), Barbara Land (Marilyn), Vera Lewis (Wife of the Justice of the Peace), Audra Lindley (Nurse), Jack ’Tiny’ Lipson (Midnight Club Bartender), Al Lloyd (Extra at Midnight Club), Frank Mayo (Midnight Club Doorman), Pat McKee (Midnight Club Bouncer), Gayle Mellott (Model), William Newell (Lineman at Cafe Counter), Paul Panzer (28 Club Bartender), Lee Phelps (Detective in Raid), Jane Randolph (Hat Check Girl), Jack Richardson (Midnight Club Waiter), Bobby Robb (Boy Playing Baseball), Drew Roddy (Boy Playing Baseball), William Royle (Policeman in Raid), Cliff Saum (Man to Call Substation), Jeffrey Sayre (Power Company Telephone Operator), Harry Seymour (Piano Player), Charles Sherlock (Power Company Telephone Operator), Robert Strange (Bailsman), Harry Strang (Tommy, Foreman Sent to Line 191), Charles Sullivan (Lineman at Cafe Counter), Elliott Sullivan (Lineman at Cafe Counter), Harry Tenbrook (Midnight Club Waiter), Dorothy Vaughan (Mrs. Boyle), Sailor Vincent (Sailor, a Lineman), Nella Walker (FloorLady), Billy Wayne (Taxi Driver), Dick Wessel (Lineman at Cafe Counter), Joan Winfield (Nurse Holding Baby), Isabel Withers (Head Nurse), Beal Wong (Wing Ling, Chinese Singer)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 103 min

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