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Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama

Release: 1934-05-04 ·Runtime: 93m ·★ 7.0
Crime Drama Romance

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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Cosmopolitan Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Frank Conroy Frank Conroy as Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited) Don Brodie Don Brodie as Reporter (uncredited) Noel Madison Noel Madison as Manny Arnold Wade Boteler Wade Boteler as Prison Guard (uncredited) Landers Stevens Landers Stevens as Inspector (uncredited) Jack Kenney Jack Kenney as Policeman (uncredited) Emmett Vogan Emmett Vogan as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited) Charles R. Moore Charles R. Moore as Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited) Stanley Blystone Stanley Blystone as Detective in Court (uncredited) Nat Pendleton Nat Pendleton as Spud Pete Smith Pete Smith as Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited) Dorothy Vernon Dorothy Vernon as Boat Passenger (uncredited) Oscar Apfel Oscar Apfel as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney as Blackie as a Boy Tom McGuire Tom McGuire as Policeman in Court (uncredited) George Sidney George Sidney as Poppa Rosen Muriel Evans Muriel Evans as Tootsie Malone Samuel S. Hinds Samuel S. Hinds as Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited) Al Thompson Al Thompson as Street Spectator (uncredited) Bert Sprotte Bert Sprotte as German Note Holder (uncredited) William Stack William Stack as Judge (uncredited) Lee Shumway Lee Shumway as Policeman (uncredited) Stanley Taylor Stanley Taylor as Police Intern (uncredited) Clark Gable Clark Gable as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher Isabelle Keith Isabelle Keith as Miss Adams Donald Haines Donald Haines as Young Spud (uncredited) Curtis Benton Curtis Benton as Announcer (uncredited) John Bleifer John Bleifer as Chauffeur (uncredited) Jay Eaton Jay Eaton as Drunk (uncredited) John Marston John Marston as Mr. Coates (uncredited) Leo Carrillo Leo Carrillo as Father Joe Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler as Jim Wade as a Boy William Bailey William Bailey as Al Barnes (uncredited) Vernon Dent Vernon Dent as Otto (uncredited) Mary Gordon Mary Gordon as Boat Passenger (uncredited) William Powell William Powell as Jim Wade Shirley Ross Shirley Ross as Singer in Cotton Club Leonid Kinskey Leonid Kinskey as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen Jack 'Tiny' Lipson Jack 'Tiny' Lipson as Uncle Angus (uncredited) G. Pat Collins G. Pat Collins as Killer in Prison (uncredited) George Irving George Irving as Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited) William Irving William Irving as German Note Holder (uncredited) Lee Phelps Lee Phelps as Bailiff (uncredited) Sam McDaniel Sam McDaniel as Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited) Thomas E. Jackson Thomas E. Jackson as Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow Lew Harvey Lew Harvey as Craps Dealer (uncredited) Myrna Loy Myrna Loy as Eleanor Packer Isabel Jewell Isabel Jewell as Annabelle Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)