Adventure in Manhattan
Adventure in Manhattan
Release: 1936-10-08
·Runtime: 73m
·★ 5.8
Mystery
Comedy
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Jean Arthur
as Claire Peyton
Thomas Mitchell
as Phil Bane
Victor Kilian
as Mark Gibbs
John Gallaudet
as McGuire
Herman Bing
as Otto
Robert Warwick
as Phillip Rupert
Joel McCrea
as George Melville
John Eldredge
as Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin
as Blackton's Secretary (uncredited)
George Cooper
as Duncan
Theodore von Eltz
as John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Jef - Henchman (uncredited)
Reginald Owen
as Blackton Gregory
Emmett Vogan
as Lorimer
Bess Flowers
as Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Henchman on Telephone (uncredited)
Robert Fiske
as Dario - Henchman (uncredited)
