Manhattan Melodrama
RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!
CrimeDramaRomancefriendshipwoman between two menorganized crimeorphanpre-codeopposite sides of the law
A pre-code melodrama about lifelong friendship tested by crime, law, and romantic rivalry, balancing moral conflict with emotional entanglement.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Clark Gable
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
William Powell
Jim Wade
Myrna Loy
Eleanor Packer
Leo Carrillo
Father Joe
Nat Pendleton
Spud
George Sidney
Poppa Rosen
Isabel Jewell
Annabelle
Muriel Evans
Tootsie Malone
Thomas E. Jackson
Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
Isabelle Keith
Miss Adams
Noel Madison
Manny Arnold
Jimmy Butler
Jim Wade as a Boy
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