Manhattan Melodrama

RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!

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.

Crime Drama Romance

Clark Gable

(Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher)

William Powell

Myrna Loy

(Eleanor Packer)

Leo Carrillo

Nat Pendleton

George Sidney

Isabel Jewell

Muriel Evans

(Tootsie Malone)

Thomas E. Jackson

(Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow)

Isabelle Keith

Noel Madison

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))

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))