Adventure in Manhattan

Adventure in Manhattan

THE GAL WHO TOOK MR. DEEDS TO TOWN STEPS OUT AGAIN... This time with handsome Joel McCrea...in the year's merriest melee of mirth!

NR 1936 · 73 min · ★ 6.1 · 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.

Directed by Edward Ludwig · Written by Harry Sauber

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Cast

Jean Arthur Claire Peyton
Joel McCrea George Melville
Reginald Owen Blackton Gregory
Thomas Mitchell Phil Bane
Victor Kilian Mark Gibbs
John Gallaudet McGuire
Emmett Vogan Lorimer
George Cooper Duncan
Herman Bing Otto
Robert Warwick Phillip Rupert
Bess Flowers Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)
John Eldredge Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)

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