Summary
The Mad Miss Manton is an American comedy romance film first released in 1938,
directed by Leigh Jason.
The film stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Frances Mercer and Stanley Ridges.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Leigh Jason
- Script: Wilson Collison, Philip G. Epstein, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Arthur Kober, John Monks Jr., Hal Yates
- Music: Roy Webb
- Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Melsa Manton), Henry Fonda (Peter Ames), Sam Levene (Lieutenant Brent), Frances Mercer (Helen Frayne), Stanley Ridges (Edward Norris), Whitney Bourne (Pat James), Vickie Lester (Kit Beverly), Ann Evers (Lee Wilson), Catherine O’Quinn (Dora Fenton), Linda Perry (Myra Frost), Eleanor Hansen (Jane), Hattie McDaniel (Hilda), James Burke (Sullivan), Paul Guilfoyle (Bat Regan), Penny Singleton (Frances Glesk), Leona Maricle (Sheila Lane), Kay Sutton (Gloria Hamilton), Miles Mander (Mr. Fred Thomas), John Qualen (Subway Watchman), Grady Sutton (D.A.’s Secretary), Olin Howland (Mr. X), Frank Anthony (Policeman), Irving Bacon (Mr. Spengler, the Process Server), Harry A. Bailey (Booking Sergeant), Ed Brady (Dance Extra), Lynton Brent (Clerk), Harry Campbell (Harold), James Carlyle, Eddy Chandler (Detective with Machine Gun), George Chandler (Newspaper Man), William Corson (Ronnie Beldon), Tom Costello, Wade Crosby (Writer), Virginia Dabney (Secretary), George DeNormand, Mary Jo Desmond (Extra), Paul Everton (Newspaper Editor), Harry Fleischmann, Bess Flowers (Charity Ball Guest), Otto Fries (Homicide Detective), Charles Halton (Popsy, the Lawyer), Vinton Hayworth (Peter’s Secretary), Donald Kerr (Ben, Melsa’s Chauffeur), Mike Lally (Las Palmas Club dance floor extra), Buck Mack, George Magrill (Policeman), Matt McHugh (Waiter), Robert Middlemass (District Attorney), Lillian Miles, Robert Mitchell, Leonard Mudie (Managing Editor), Ted Oliver (Detective), Emory Parnell (Doorman), Harvey Parry, Gerald Pierce (Newsboy), Fred Rapport, Jack Rice (Doctor), Walter Sande (Jim, Investigator for Peter), Buster Slaven (Messenger Boy with Telegrams), Cy Slocum, Larry Steers, Jean Stevens, Charles Sullivan, William Tannen (Drunk Who Trips in Las Palmas Club), Carlie Taylor, Edward Thomas, Barrett Whitelaw, Douglas Williams (Policeman), Jane Woodworth
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 80 min; B&W
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