Manhattan Melodrama
04/05/1934
2h

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.
Cast


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


Mickey Rooney
Blackie as a Boy


Shirley Ross
Singer in Cotton Club


Donald Haines
Young Spud (uncredited)


Frank Conroy
Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)


Leonid Kinskey
Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen


Oscar Apfel
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)


William Bailey
Al Barnes (uncredited)


Curtis Benton
Announcer (uncredited)


John Bleifer
Chauffeur (uncredited)
James Curtis
Party Leader (uncredited)


Vernon Dent
Otto (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar
Panhandler (uncredited)


Jay Eaton
Drunk (uncredited)
Wesley Giraud
Tough Boy (uncredited)


John Marston
Mr. Coates (uncredited)


Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Uncle Angus (uncredited)
Leo Lance
Leon Trotsky (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)
William Arnold
Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)


Lew Harvey
Craps Dealer (uncredited)
Jimmy James
Chemin de Fer Dealer


Samuel S. Hinds
Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)


Wade Boteler
Prison Guard (uncredited)


Sam McDaniel
Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)


G. Pat Collins
Killer in Prison (uncredited)
James Eagles
Boy in Prison (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
Boy (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Small Boy on Street (uncredited)
Dixie Lotten
Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)
Alex Melesh
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)


Charles R. Moore
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)


Don Brodie
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Reporter (uncredited)


George Irving
Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
Leslie Preston
Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Bert Russell
Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)
Pepi Sinoff
Jewish Woman (uncredited)


Pete Smith
Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)


Al Thompson
Street Spectator (uncredited)


Edward Van Sloan
Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)


Dorothy Vernon
Boat Passenger (uncredited)


Mary Gordon
Boat Passenger (uncredited)


William Irving
German Note Holder (uncredited)


Bert Sprotte
German Note Holder (uncredited)


William Stack
Judge (uncredited)


Lee Phelps
Bailiff (uncredited)


Landers Stevens
Inspector (uncredited)
William Augustin
Detective (uncredited)


Stanley Blystone
Detective in Court (uncredited)


Tom McGuire
Policeman in Court (uncredited)


Jack Kenney
Policeman (uncredited)


Lee Shumway
Policeman (uncredited)


Stanley Taylor
Police Intern (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)


Emmett Vogan
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
King Mojave
Croupier (uncredited)
W.R. Walsh
Croupier (uncredited)
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