Manpower
Manpower
Release: 1941-08-09
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 6.7
Crime
Drama
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
First National Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Barbara Pepper
as Polly
Jean Ames
as Thelma (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
as Drunk Bounced from Midnight Club (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as Eddie Adams
Friedrich Hollaender
as Accompanist (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
as Midnight Club Waiter (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
as Pop Duval
Nat Carr
as 28 Club Waiter (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
as Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
William Royle
as Policeman in Raid (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
as Mrs. Boyle (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson
as Hank McHenry
Leah Baird
as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
as Charlie (uncredited)
John Kelly
as 28 Club Bouncer (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Marlene Dietrich
as Fay Duval
Frank McHugh
as Omaha
Diana Barrymore
as Girl (uncredited)
John Dilson
as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Detective in Raid (uncredited)
Walter Catlett
as Sidney Whipple
William Gould
as Freeman (uncredited)
Harry Holman
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
William Hopper
as Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
as 28 Club Bartender (uncredited)
Joyce Bryant
as Mrs. Brewster (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Detective in Raid (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
as Bartender (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
as Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Murray Alper
as Lineman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
William Newell
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Barton MacLane
as Smiley Quinn
Sam Ash
as Midnight Club Patron (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett
as Girl (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
as Midnight Club Doorman (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
as Midnight Club Waiter (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Tommy (Foreman Sent to Line 191) (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
as Lineman (uncredited)
Audra Lindley
as Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Strange
as Bailsman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
as Scarlett
Cliff Clark
as Cully
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
as Midnight Club Bartender (uncredited)
Jane Randolph
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Virginia Hill
as Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Ben Welden
as Al Hurst
Dorothy Appleby
as Wilma
Nella Walker
as Floor Lady (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Sweeney
Ralph Dunn
as Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Faye Emerson
as Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler
as Mrs. Calkin (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Alan Hale
as Jumbo Wells
Chester Clute
as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
as Drunk Texan (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
as Noisy Nash (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as 28 Club Bartender (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Joan Winfield
as Nurse Holding Baby (uncredited)
George Raft
as Johnny Marshall
Eve Arden
as Dolly
Lucia Carroll
as Flo
Arthur Q. Bryan
as Drunk Texan (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
as Head Nurse (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Orderly About to Give Bath (uncredited)
John Harmon
as Benny (uncredited)
Roland Drew
as Citizen Reporting Power Outage (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
