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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

APPROVED  93 min  -  Crime | Drama | Romance   -  4 May 1934 (USA)
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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.

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Arthur Caesar (story), Oliver H.P. Garrett (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clark Gable ...
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
William Powell ...
Jim Wade
Myrna Loy ...
Eleanor Packer
Leo Carrillo Leo Carrillo ...
Father Joe
Nat Pendleton Nat Pendleton ...
Spud
George Sidney George Sidney ...
Poppa Rosen
Isabel Jewell Isabel Jewell ...
Annabelle
Muriel Evans Muriel Evans ...
Tootsie Malone
Thomas E. Jackson Thomas E. Jackson ...
Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow (as Thomas Jackson)
Isabelle Keith Isabelle Keith ...
Miss Adams (as Claudelle Kaye)
Frank Conroy Frank Conroy ...
Blackie's Defense Attorney
Noel Madison Noel Madison ...
Manny Arnold
Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler ...
Jim Wade as a Boy
Mickey Rooney ...
Blackie as a Boy
Shirley Ross Shirley Ross ...
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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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Friendship | Murder | Governor | Orphan | Electric Chair  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

El enemigo público número 1 See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | USA: (Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

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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Connections

Referenced in Dillinger (1945) See more »

Soundtracks

"Long, Long Ago"
(1883) (uncredited)
Written by Thomas Haynes Bayley
Played as background music when the 1907 intertitle is shown See more »