Manhattan Melodrama
“RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!”
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.
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Cast
73 people
Clark Gable
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
William Powell
Jim Wade
Known for
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
Myrna Loy
Eleanor Packer
Known for
The Thin Man
The Best Years of Our Lives
Leo Carrillo
Father Joe
Known for
Phantom of the Opera
History Is Made at Night
Nat Pendleton
Spud
Known for
The Thin Man
Northwest Passage
George Sidney
Poppa Rosen
Also in
Rafter Romance
High Pressure
Isabel Jewell
Annabelle
Known for
The Leopard Man
Design for Living
Muriel Evans
Tootsie Malone
Known for
Pack Up Your Troubles
Thomas E. Jackson
Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Little Caesar
Isabelle Keith
Miss Adams
Known for
Perfect Day
Noel Madison
Manny Arnold
Known for
Our Relations
'G' Men
Jimmy Butler
Jim Wade as a Boy
Known for
Stella Dallas
Boys Town
W.S. Van Dyke Director · Joseph L. Mankiewicz Screenplay Donald Ogden Stewart Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $355K · United States release May 4, 1934
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Budget
$355,000
Worldwide gross
$1,233,000
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
Cosmopolitan Productions
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 4, 1934
Theatrical
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