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Manhattan Melodrama

1934

NR

1h 33m

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7.0/10

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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.

Directors

Writers

Oliver H.P. Garrett(screenplay by)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz(screenplay by)

Frank Dolan(screenplay by)

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Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

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Jim Wade

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Eleanor Packer

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Father Joe

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Spud

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Poppa Rosen

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Annabelle

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Tootsie Malone

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Thomas E. Jackson

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

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Miss Adams

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Manny Arnold

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Jim Wade as a Boy

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Blackie as a Boy

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Singer in Cotton Club

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Young Spud (uncredited)

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Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

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Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

Directors

Writers

Oliver H.P. Garrett(screenplay by)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz(screenplay by)

Frank Dolan(screenplay by)

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Details

Release date

May 4, 1934 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

Cosmopolitan Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Budget

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Gross worldwide

$0

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