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Adventure in Manhattan( 1936)

TV-MAMysteryComedyCrimeDrama
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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!

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.

    Top Billed 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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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 25 2022
    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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • reporter
    • stage play