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Manhattan Melodrama
1934 1h 33m Not Rated
Drama
,
Crime
,
Romance
7.1
81%
71%
70%
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The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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Directed By
W.S. Van Dyke
Written By
Oliver H.P. Garrett
,
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Studio
Cosmopolitan Productions
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast of Manhattan Melodrama
Clark Gable
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
William Powell
Jim Wade
Myrna Loy
Eleanor Packer
Leo Carrillo
Father Joe
Nat Pendleton
Spud
George Sidney
Poppa Rosen
Isabel Jewell
Annabelle
Muriel Evans
Tootsie Malone
Thomas E. Jackson
Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
Isabelle Keith
Miss Adams
Noel Madison
Manny Arnold
Jimmy Butler
Jim Wade as a Boy
Mickey Rooney
Blackie as a Boy
Shirley Ross
Singer in Cotton Club
Donald Haines
Young Spud (uncredited)
Frank Conroy
Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey
Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
Oscar Apfel
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
William Bailey
Al Barnes (uncredited)
Curtis Benton
Announcer (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Chauffeur (uncredited)
James Curtis
Party Leader (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
Otto (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar
Panhandler (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Drunk (uncredited)
Wesley Giraud
Tough Boy (uncredited)
John Marston
Mr. Coates (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Uncle Angus (uncredited)
Leo Lance
Leon Trotsky (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)
William Arnold
Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Craps Dealer (uncredited)
Jimmy James
Chemin de Fer Dealer
Samuel S. Hinds
Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Killer in Prison (uncredited)
James Eagles
Boy in Prison (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
Boy (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Small Boy on Street (uncredited)
Dixie Lotten
Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)
Alex Melesh
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Reporter (uncredited)
George Irving
Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
Leslie Preston
Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Bert Russell
Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)
Pepi Sinoff
Jewish Woman (uncredited)
Pete Smith
Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Street Spectator (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
William Irving
German Note Holder (uncredited)
Bert Sprotte
German Note Holder (uncredited)
William Stack
Judge (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Bailiff (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
Inspector (uncredited)
William Augustin
Detective (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Detective in Court (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Policeman in Court (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Policeman (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Policeman (uncredited)
Stanley Taylor
Police Intern (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
King Mojave
Croupier (uncredited)
W.R. Walsh
Croupier (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama Reviews
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Noted as the last movie John Dillinger ever saw.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Melodrama, yes. But effectively done with a dream cast.
eFilmCritic.com
Greg Muskewitz
A very adult film with a credibly thorough exploration of those decisions that become "every day" based upon the lifestyle of the decision-maker.
DVDTalk.com
David Cornelius
The drama may be clunky and old-fashioned, but once Melodrama gets rolling, it never stops engaging the viewer.
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
One finds a mechanical plot which is scarcely worthy of the cast, which includes Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Leo Carrillo.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
This MGM prestige production, winner of the Original Story Oscar, features its top stars, Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Hollywood Reporter
THR Staff
Audiences will not fail to react emotionally to the intelligent writing of it... Each situation is milked dry, yet never overplayed.
Variety
Variety Staff
Apart from the Clark Gable-William Powell stellar duo and Myrna Loy, who does an excellent job as the principal femme, the Arthur Caesar story is replete with punchy popularly-appealing ingredients.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This 1934 feature was the last movie John Dillinger saw before being gunned down outside the Biograph, and he might have had better luck on both counts.
TIME Magazine
Well directed by W. S. Van Dyke, superbly photographed by famed Chinese Cinematographer James Wong Howe, Manhattan Melodrama is first-rate cinema, chiefly important because it marks the elevation to stardom of Myrna Loy.
TV Guide
A splendid example of 1930s hardboiled melodrama.
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