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Adventure In Manhattan

Cast

Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen, Thomas Mitchell View All

Crew

Sidney Buchman (Screenplay), Jack Kirkland (Screenplay), Edward Ludwig (Director), Joseph Krumgold (Story) View All

Release: Oct. 8th, 1936

Runtime: 1 hour, 13 minutes

The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time romancing a lovely young actress who's in a play that also happens to be the cover for massive jewel job. Art connoisseur and criminologist George Melville is hired to track down art thieves, assisted by perky Claire Peyton and goaded by Phil Bane, the roaring newspaper editor who has employed...

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