Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Comedy Crime Drama Mystery

Fun little film about an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time romancing a lovely young actress who's in a play that also happens to be the cover for massive jewel job. Art connoisseur and criminologist George Melville (Joel McCrea) is hired to track down art thieves, assisted by perky Claire Peyton (Jean Arthur) and goaded by Phil Bane (Thomas Mitchell), the roaring newspaper editor who has employed him. The mastermind poses as a theatrical impresario and stages a war drama, replete with loud explosions, to divert attention from his band of thieves, who are cracking safes in a bank adjacent to the theater.

Updated May 23 2020

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1936-10-08

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reporter city stage play

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Runtime: 73 mins Rating: 6.3 Tag Line: THE GAL WHO TOOK MR. DEEDS TO TOWN STEPS OUT AGAIN... This time with handsome Joel McCrea...in the year's merriest melee of mirth!

Cast

Thomas Mitchell

Mark Gibbs

Reginald Owen

Blackton Gregory

Herman Bing

Otto

Joel McCrea

George Melville

Jean Arthur

Claire Peyton

Robert Warwick

Phillip Rupert

Emmett Vogan

Lorimer

John Gallaudet

McGuire

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