Adventure in Manhattan

Edward Ludwig
1936-10-08

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!
5.8
73 min

The story of 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 is hired to track down art thieves, assisted by perky Claire Peyton and goaded by Phil Bane, 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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Jean Arthur Claire Peyton Unowned
Joel McCrea George Melville Unowned
Reginald Owen Blackton Gregory Unowned
Thomas Mitchell Phil Bane Unowned
Victor Kilian Mark Gibbs Unowned
John Gallaudet McGuire Unowned
Emmett Vogan Lorimer Unowned
George Cooper Duncan Unowned
Herman Bing Otto Unowned
Robert Warwick Phillip Rupert Unowned
Bess Flowers Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited) Unowned
John Eldredge Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited) Unowned
Theodore von Eltz John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited) Unowned
Arthur Rankin Blackton's Secretary (uncredited) Unowned
Wedgwood Nowell Henchman on Telephone (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Fiske Dario - Henchman (uncredited) Unowned
Edward Earle Jef - Henchman (uncredited) Unowned