Movie
Adventure in Manhattan
Released: October 8, 1936 (1936)
Runtime: 73 minutes
Genres: Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Robert Warwick as Phillip Rupert
Age at release: 57
- Reginald Owen as Blackton Gregory
Age at release: 49
- Herman Bing as Otto
Age at release: 47
- Victor Kilian as Mark Gibbs
Age at release: 45
- Thomas Mitchell as Phil Bane
Age at release: 44
- Emmett Vogan as Lorimer
Age at release: 43
- George Cooper as Duncan
Age at release: 43
- Jean Arthur as Claire Peyton
Age at release: 35
- John Gallaudet as McGuire
Age at release: 33
- Joel McCrea as George Melville
Age at release: 30
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- Wedgwood Nowell as Henchman on Telephone (uncredited)
Age at release: 58
- Edward Earle as Jef - Henchman (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
- Robert Fiske as Dario - Henchman (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
- Theodore von Eltz as John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Arthur Rankin as Blackton's Secretary (uncredited)
Age at release: 41
- Bess Flowers as Miss Arnold - Beauty Salon Attendant (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
- John Eldredge as Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)
Age at release: 32