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The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Directed by Leigh Jason

Mystery | Comedy

Overview

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.

Rated NR | Length 80 minutes

Actors

Barbara Stanwyck | Henry Fonda | Sam Levene | Frances Mercer | Stanley Ridges | Whitney Bourne | Vicki Lester | Ann Evers | Catherine O'Quinn | Linda Perry | Eleanor Hansen | Hattie McDaniel | James Burke | Paul Guilfoyle | Penny Singleton | Leona Maricle | Kay Sutton | Miles Mander | John Qualen | Grady Sutton | Olin Howland | Frank Anthony | Irving Bacon | Harry A. Bailey | Ed Brady | Lynton Brent | John Butler | Harry Campbell | James Carlisle | Eddy Chandler | George Chandler | William Corson | Tom Costello | Wade Crosby | Virginia Dabney | George DeNormand | Mary Jo Desmond | Paul Everton | Harry Fleischmann | Bess Flowers | Byron Foulger | Otto Fries | Charles Halton | Vinton Hayworth | Donald Kerr | Mike Lally | Buck Mack | George Magrill | Matt McHugh | Charles McMurphy | Robert Middlemass | Lillian Miles | Robert Mitchell | Leonard Mudie | Ted Oliver | Emory Parnell | Harvey Parry | Gerald Pierce | Fred Rapport | Jack Rice | Walter Sande | Buster Slaven | Cy Slocum | Michael Stark | Bert Stevens | Jean Stevens | Brick Sullivan | Charles Sullivan | William Tannen | Carlie Taylor | Edward Thomas | Charles Trowbridge | Russell Wade | Pauline Wagner | Pierre Watkin | Barrett Whitelaw | Douglas Williams | Clarence Wilson | Jane Woodworth

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/16/2022TVStreamingVideo on Demand6.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

After all the Kay Francis flicks I watched recently, it’s nice to finally see a Barbara Stanwyck film. Fun movie with good banter between her and Henry Fonda.

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