Adventure in Manhattan
08/10/1936
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.
Movie Information
Jean Arthur
as Claire Peyton
Joel McCrea
as George Melville
Reginald Owen
as Blackton Gregory
Thomas Mitchell
as Phil Bane
Victor Kilian
as Mark Gibbs
John Gallaudet
as McGuire
Emmett Vogan
as Lorimer
George Cooper
as Duncan
Herman Bing
as Otto
Robert Warwick
as Phillip Rupert
Bess Flowers
as Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)
John Eldredge
as Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
as John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin
as Blackton's Secretary (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Henchman on Telephone (uncredited)
Robert Fiske
as Dario - Henchman (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Jef - Henchman (uncredited)
