Country
United States
Date
May 04, 1934
Certification
NR
RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!
1h 33min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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| 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) |
Genres
CrimeDramaRomance
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Manhattan Melodrama |
| Lingua originale | English (EN) |
| Lingue parlate | English |
| Paesi di produzione | United States of America |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Cosmopolitan Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Data di uscita | 4 maggio 1934 |
| Producer | David O. Selznick |
| Writer | Oliver H.P. Garrett, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Frank Dolan, Donald Ogden Stewart, Arthur Caesar |
| Editors | Ben Lewis, W. Donn Hayes |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Asst. Directors | W.S. Van Dyke |
| Camera Operators | James Wong Howe |
| Add. Photography | James Wong Howe |
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| Production Design | Cedric Gibbons, Joseph C. Wright, Edwin B. Willis |
| Art Direction | Cedric Gibbons, Joseph C. Wright, Edwin B. Willis |
| Set Decoration | Cedric Gibbons, Joseph C. Wright, Edwin B. Willis |
| Special Effects | Slavko Vorkapich |
| Composer | William Axt, Douglas Shearer, W. Donn Hayes, Maurice De Packh, Paul Marquardt, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer, W. Donn Hayes, Maurice De Packh, William Axt, Paul Marquardt, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart |
| Costume Design | Dolly Tree |
| Makeup | Dolly Tree |
| Hairstyling | Dolly Tree |
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