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