Adventure in Manhattan

1936    73m    Not Rated
Mystery, Comedy,
6.512%58%
George Melville (Joel McCrea), a criminologist, is hired onto the staff of a newspaper to help apprehend a master burglar whose targets run toward art treasures and priceless gems, on the basis that the thief and the criminologist have similar tastes. He is aided and mocked by Claire Peyton (Jean Arthur), an actress , who is appearing in a play financed by the burglar with impeccable taste.
Directed By
Edward Ludwig
Written By
Sidney Buchman, Jack Kirkland,
Studio
Columbia Pictures

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Cast of Adventure in Manhattan
  • Jean ArthurClaire Peyton
  • Joel McCreaGeorge Melville
  • Reginald OwenBlackton Gregory
  • Thomas MitchellPhil Bane
  • Victor KilianMark Gibbs
  • John GallaudetMcGuire
  • Emmett VoganLorimer
  • George CooperDuncan
  • Herman BingOtto
  • Robert WarwickPhillip Rupert
  • Bess FlowersMiss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)
  • John EldredgeTommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)
  • Theodore von EltzJohn Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)
  • Arthur RankinBlackton's Secretary (uncredited)
  • Wedgwood NowellHenchman on Telephone (uncredited)
  • Robert FiskeDario - Henchman (uncredited)
  • Edward EarleJef - Henchman (uncredited)
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