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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
7.0
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. |
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Cast
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| Clark Gable | ... |
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
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| William Powell | ... |
Jim Wade
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| Myrna Loy | ... |
Eleanor Packer
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Leo Carrillo | ... |
Father Joe
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Nat Pendleton | ... |
Spud
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George Sidney | ... |
Poppa Rosen
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Isabel Jewell | ... |
Annabelle
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Muriel Evans | ... |
Tootsie Malone
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Thomas E. Jackson | ... |
Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
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Isabelle Keith | ... |
Miss Adams
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Frank Conroy | ... |
Blackie's Defense Attorney
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Noel Madison | ... |
Manny Arnold
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Jimmy Butler | ... |
Jim Wade as a Boy
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| Mickey Rooney | ... |
Blackie as a Boy
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Shirley Ross | ... |
Singer in Cotton Club
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Storyline
Orphans Edward "Blackie" Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Bookworm Wade becomes a D.A. vying for the Governorship. When Blackie's girlfriend Eleanor leaves him and marries the more down to earth Wade, Blackie harbors no resentment. In fact, their friendship is so strong that Blackie murders an attorney threatening to derail Wade's bid to become Governor. The morally straight Wade's last job as D.A. is to convict his friend of the murder, and send him to the electric chair. After he becomes Governor, Wade has the authority to commute Blackie's death sentence-- a decision that pits his high moral ethics against a lifelong friendship. Written by Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
El enemigo público número 1 See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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| USA: (Turner library print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Eleanor Packer: Don't worry, Darling, they won't have a chance.
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(1883) (uncredited)
Written by Thomas Haynes Bayley
Played as background music when the 1907 intertitle is shown See more »
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The movie and scenes form this movie is featured in the production of Public Enemies by director Michael Mann. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Blackie picks up a magazine from the couch after Eleanor leaves him, it is a close up of a Ladies Home Journal from a leopard skin upholstered couch. In the wide shot, he is holding a Vogue and the couch is plainly upholstered, not leopard skin. See more »Quotes
James W. 'Jim' Wade: You know, I think those yes-men would go to bed with me if they had a chance.Eleanor Packer: Don't worry, Darling, they won't have a chance.
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Soundtracks
"Long, Long Ago"(1883) (uncredited)
Written by Thomas Haynes Bayley
Played as background music when the 1907 intertitle is shown See more »
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