Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

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! 1936-10-08 United States of America 73 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

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