Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama

93 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | May 4, 1934

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Manhattan Melodrama

93 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | May 4, 1934

Manhattan Melodrama
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
Original title Manhattan Melodrama
Directors W.S. Van Dyke
Writers Frank Dolan, Arthur Caesar, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Donald Ogden Stewart, Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Clark Gable

as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

William Powell

as Jim Wade

Myrna Loy

as Eleanor Packer

Leo Carrillo

as Father Joe

Nat Pendleton

as Spud

George Sidney

as Poppa Rosen

Isabel Jewell

as Annabelle

Muriel Evans

as Tootsie Malone

Thomas E. Jackson

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Isabelle Keith

as Miss Adams

Noel Madison

as Manny Arnold

Jimmy Butler

as Jim Wade as a Boy

Mickey Rooney

as Blackie as a Boy

Shirley Ross

as Singer in Cotton Club

Donald Haines

as Young Spud (uncredited)

Frank Conroy

as Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey

as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Oscar Apfel

as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

William Bailey

as Al Barnes (uncredited)

Curtis Benton

as Announcer (uncredited)

John Bleifer

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

James Curtis

as Party Leader (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

as Otto (uncredited)

Charles Dunbar

as Panhandler (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

as Drunk (uncredited)

Wesley Giraud

as Tough Boy (uncredited)

John Marston

as Mr. Coates (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

as Uncle Angus (uncredited)

Leo Lance

as Leon Trotsky (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity

as Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)

William Arnold

as Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

as Craps Dealer (uncredited)

Jimmy James

as Chemin de Fer Dealer

Samuel S. Hinds

as Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

as Killer in Prison (uncredited)

James Eagles

as Boy in Prison (uncredited)

Cullen Johnson

as Boy (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

as Small Boy on Street (uncredited)

Dixie Lotten

as Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)

Larry McGrath

as One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)

Alex Melesh

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

as Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Don Brodie

as Reporter (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough

as Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

as Reporter (uncredited)

George Irving

as Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

Leslie Preston

as Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

as Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)

Bert Russell

as Blind Beggar (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

as Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)

Pepi Sinoff

as Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Pete Smith

as Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

Al Thompson

as Street Spectator (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as Boat Passenger (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

as Boat Passenger (uncredited)

William Irving

as German Note Holder (uncredited)

Bert Sprotte

as German Note Holder (uncredited)

William Stack

as Judge (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

as Inspector (uncredited)

William Augustin

as Detective (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Detective in Court (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

as Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Jack Kenney

as Policeman (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

as Policeman (uncredited)

Stanley Taylor

as Police Intern (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

King Mojave

as Croupier (uncredited)

W.R. Walsh

as Croupier (uncredited)