The Mad Miss Manton

Plot

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

  • Leigh Jason

    Director

  • Wilson Collison

    Story

  • Philip G. Epstein

    Screenplay

  • Nicholas Musuraca

    Director of Photography

  • George Hively

    Editor

  • Barbara Stanwyck

    Melsa Manton

  • Henry Fonda

    Peter Ames

  • Sam Levene

    Lieutenant Brent

  • Frances Mercer

    Helen Frayne

  • Stanley Ridges

    Edward Norris

  • Whitney Bourne

    Pat James

  • Vickie Lester

    Kit Beverly

  • Ann Evers

    Lee Wilson

  • Catherine O'Quinn

    Dora Fenton

  • Linda Perry

    Myra Frost

  • Eleanor Hansen

    Jane

  • Hattie McDaniel

    Hilda

  • James Burke

    Sullivan

  • Paul Guilfoyle

    Bat Regan

  • Penny Singleton

    Frances Glesk

  • Leona Maricle

    Sheila Lane

  • Kay Sutton

    Gloria Hamilton

  • Miles Mander

    Fred Thomas

  • John Qualen

    Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site

  • Grady Sutton

    Secretary to District Attorney

  • Olin Howland

    Mr. X, the Safecracker

  • Frank Anthony

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Irving Bacon

    Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)

  • Harry A. Bailey

    Booking Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Ed Brady

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

  • Lynton Brent

    Clerk (uncredited)

  • John Butler

    Waiter (uncredited)

  • Harry Campbell

    Harold (uncredited)

  • James Carlisle

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

  • Eddy Chandler

    Detective with Machine Gun (uncredited)

  • George Chandler

    Newspaper Staff (uncredited)

  • William Corson

    Ronnie Belden (uncredited)

  • Tom Costello

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

  • Wade Crosby

    Writer (uncredited)

  • Virginia Dabney

    Secretary (uncredited)

  • George DeNormand

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

  • Mary Jo Desmond

    Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

  • Paul Everton

    Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

  • Harry Fleischmann

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    Guest at Charity Ball (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    80 minutes

    Released

    1938-10-21

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    RKO Radio Pictures

    Sound

  • Roy Webb

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    36 days ago

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