The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
- Starring:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, (more)
- Director(s):
- Leigh Jason
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
Synopsis of The Mad Miss Manton
Wealthy socialite Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is taking her pooches for a walk in the dead of the night when she stumbles upon a dead body and a car fleeing the scene of the crime. She alerts the police but the corpse has disappeared by the time they arrive, and the lieutenant, knowing of her madcap reputation, believes she was playing a practical joke. After newspaper editor Peter Ames (Henry Fonda) takes her to task in print, she sues him for libel and enlists the aid of her society friends in tracking down the body and finding the killer. Eventually, Ames comes around to believing Melsa's story and aids her in her search. It isn't long before the two antagonists find they're attracted to each other -- but they have to catch the murderer before they can settle down and live happily ever after. Fonda and Stanwyck would team up again in You Belong to Me and The Lady Eve. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Mad Miss Manton
- Barbara Stanwyck - Melsa Manton
- Sam Levene - Lt. Mike Brent
- Stanley Ridges - Edward Norris
- Vicki Lester - Kit Beverly
- Catherine O'Quinn - Dora Fenton
- Eleanor Hansen - Jane
- James Burke - Sgt. Sullivan
- Penny Singleton - Frances Glesk
- Kay Sutton - Gloria Hamilton
- John Qualen - Subway watchman
- Olin Howland - Mr. X/Red the Safecracker
- Robert Middlemass - District Attorney
- David Ward - D.A.'s Secretary
- Mary Jo Desmond - Extra
- Clarence H. Wilson
- Charles Trowbridge
- Jack Rice - Doctor
- Leonard Mudie - Managing Editor
- George Magrill - Policeman
- Charles Halton - Popsy, the Lawyer
- Eddy Chandler - Detective
- Henry Fonda - Peter Ames
- Frances Mercer - Helen Frayne
- Whitney Bourne - Pat James
- Ann Evers - Lee Wilson
- Linda Terry - Myra Frost
- Hattie McDaniel - Hilda
- Paul Guilfoyle - Bat Regan
- Leona Maricle - Sheila Lane
- Miles Mander - Fred Thomas
- Grady Sutton - District Attorney's Secretary
- Irving Bacon - Spengler, the Process Server
- Ted Oliver - Detective
- Buck Mack
- Jack Arnold - Peter's Secretary
- Pierre Watkin
- Walter Sande - Investigator
- Emory Parnell - Doorman
- Matt McHugh - Waiter
- Vinton Haworth - Peter's Secretary
- Otto H. Fries
- Director(s):
- Leigh Jason
- Writer(s):
- Philip G. Epstein, Hal Yates, Fred F. Finklehoffe
- Producer(s):
- Pandro S. Berman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Questionable for Children)
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