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Adventure in Manhattan

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.

1936 |1h 13m |  Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cast

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Jean Arthur

Claire Peyton

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Joel McCrea

George Melville

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Reginald Owen

Blackton Gregory

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Thomas Mitchell

Phil Bane

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Victor Kilian

Mark Gibbs

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John Gallaudet

McGuire

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Emmett Vogan

Lorimer

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George Cooper

Duncan

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Herman Bing

Otto

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Robert Warwick

Phillip Rupert

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Bess Flowers

Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)

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John Eldredge

Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)

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Theodore von Eltz

John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)

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Arthur Rankin

Blackton's Secretary (uncredited)

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Wedgwood Nowell

Henchman on Telephone (uncredited)

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Robert Fiske

Dario - Henchman (uncredited)

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Edward Earle

Jef - Henchman (uncredited)

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Status

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Language

English

Budget

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