Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
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.
Director:
Edward Ludwig
Writers:
Harry Sauber, Jack Kirkland, Sidney Buchman.
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Jean Arthur as Claire Peyton |
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Joel McCrea as George Melville |
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Reginald Owen as Blackton Gregory |
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Thomas Mitchell as Phil Bane |
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Victor Kilian as Mark Gibbs |
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John Gallaudet as McGuire |
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Emmett Vogan as Lorimer |
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George Cooper as Duncan |
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Herman Bing as Otto |
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Robert Warwick as Phillip Rupert |
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Bess Flowers as Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited) |
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John Eldredge as Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited) |
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Theodore von Eltz as John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited) |
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Arthur Rankin as Blackton's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Wedgwood Nowell as Henchman on Telephone (uncredited) |
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Robert Fiske as Dario - Henchman (uncredited) |
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Edward Earle as Jef - Henchman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Edward Ludwig | Director |
| Art | Stephen Goosson | Art Direction |
| Editing | Otto Meyer | Editor |
| Camera | Henry Freulich | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernard Newman | Costume Design |
| Production | Everett Riskin | Producer |
| Writing | Harry Sauber | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Krumgold | Story |
| Writing | Jack Kirkland | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Howard Lawson | Adaptation |
| Writing | Sidney Buchman | Screenplay |
