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Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

NR ★ 5.8/10 73 min Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Drama United States English
Director: Edward Ludwig
Streaming: Not available
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!

Description

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.

Top Cast

Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur Claire Peyton
Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea George Melville
Reginald Owen
Reginald Owen Blackton Gregory
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell Phil Bane
Victor Kilian
Victor Kilian Mark Gibbs
John Gallaudet
John Gallaudet McGuire
Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan Lorimer
George Cooper
George Cooper Duncan

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