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MysteryComedyCrimeDrama

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!

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.

Release Date : 1936-10-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jean Arthur

Character Name : Claire Peyton

Original Name : Jean Arthur

Gender : Female

Joel McCrea

Character Name : George Melville

Original Name : Joel McCrea

Gender : Male

Reginald Owen

Character Name : Blackton Gregory

Original Name : Reginald Owen

Gender : Male

Thomas Mitchell

Character Name : Phil Bane

Original Name : Thomas Mitchell

Gender : Male

Victor Kilian

Character Name : Mark Gibbs

Original Name : Victor Kilian

Gender : Male

John Gallaudet

Character Name : McGuire

Original Name : John Gallaudet

Gender : Male

Emmett Vogan

Character Name : Lorimer

Original Name : Emmett Vogan

Gender : Male

George Cooper

Character Name : Duncan

Original Name : George Cooper

Gender : Male

Herman Bing

Character Name : Otto

Original Name : Herman Bing

Gender : Male

Robert Warwick

Character Name : Phillip Rupert

Original Name : Robert Warwick

Gender : Male

Bess Flowers

Character Name : Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

John Eldredge

Character Name : Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)

Original Name : John Eldredge

Gender : Male

Theodore von Eltz

Character Name : John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)

Original Name : Theodore von Eltz

Gender : Male

Arthur Rankin

Character Name : Blackton's Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Rankin

Gender : Male

Wedgwood Nowell

Character Name : Henchman on Telephone (uncredited)

Original Name : Wedgwood Nowell

Gender : Male

Robert Fiske

Character Name : Dario - Henchman (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Fiske

Gender : Male

Edward Earle

Character Name : Jef - Henchman (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Earle

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-25

There's quite a bit of on-screen chemistry between Joel McCrae ("George") and Jean Arthur ("Claire") as both try to get to the bottom of a series of daring robberies. He is a criminologist who is drafted in by a newspaper, she an actress starring in play that was produced by an arch-burglar whom everyone thinks is dead. Everyone, that is, except "George". What now ensues is an amiable mystery as the pair spend as much time spatting with each other as they do trying to focus on the job in hand. It's quickly paced with a small, but competent, supporting cast including Thomas Mitchell ("Bane") and Reginald Owen ("Gregory") that deliver well for just over seventy minutes. McCrae never quite hit the big time for me, but here there is definitely something to be enjoyed as the leading characters are both fun and engaging. You won't remember it for long, but it does pass the time fine with a few twists and turns along the way.