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Manhattan Melodrama ()

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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.
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Blackie Gallagher
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Jim Wade
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Eleanor
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Father Joe
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Spud
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Poppa Rosen
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Annabelle
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Tootsie Malone
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Richard Snow (as Thomas Jackson)
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Miss Adams (as Claudelle Kaye)
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Defense Attorney
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Manny Arnold
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Jim - as a Boy
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Blackie - as a Boy
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Singer in Cotton Club
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Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
William Arnold ...
Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Al Barnes - Croupier (uncredited)
Curtis Benton ...
Announcer (uncredited)
John Bleifer ...
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Detective in Court (uncredited)
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Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Killer in Prison (uncredited)
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Party Leader (uncredited)
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Otto - German Dancer on Steamship (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar ...
Panhandler (uncredited)
James Eagles ...
Boy in Prison (uncredited)
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Drunk (uncredited)
Wesley Giraud ...
Tough Boy (uncredited)
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Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Harrison Greene ...
Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Donald Haines ...
Spud - as a Boy (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Craps Dealer (uncredited)
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Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
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Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
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German Note Holder (uncredited)
Jimmy James ...
Chemin de Fer Dealer (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson ...
Boy (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson ...
Small Boy on Street (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
Leo Lance ...
Leon Trotsky (uncredited)
Rosalie Lincoln ...
Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson ...
Uncle Angus (uncredited)
Dixie Lotten ...
Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
John Marston ...
Mr. Coates - Gambler Losing Yacht (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
Larry McGrath ...
One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)
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Policeman in Court (uncredited)
Alex Melesh ...
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
King Mojave ...
Croupier (uncredited)
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Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
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Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ...
Bailiff (uncredited)
Leslie Preston ...
Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Bert Russell ...
Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Harry Seymour ...
Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Pepi Sinoff ...
Jewish Woman (uncredited)
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Racetrack Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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German Note Holder (uncredited)
William Stack ...
Judge (uncredited)
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Inspector of Police (uncredited)
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Police Intern (uncredited)
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Street Spectator (uncredited)
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Yacht Capt. Swenson (uncredited)
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Boat Passenger (uncredited)
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Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
W.R. Walsh ...
Croupier (uncredited)

Directed by

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W.S. Van Dyke
Jack Conway ... (uncredited) (retakes)
George Cukor ... (uncredited)

Written by

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Oliver H.P. Garrett ... (screen play) and
Joseph L. Mankiewicz ... (screen play)
 
Arthur Caesar ... (from an original story by)
 
Frank Dolan ... () (uncredited)
 
Donald Ogden Stewart ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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David O. Selznick ... producer

Music by

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William Axt ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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James Wong Howe ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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Ben Lewis ... film editor

Editorial Department

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William Axt ... synchronization (as Dr. William Axt)
W. Donn Hayes ... supervising editor: musical sequences (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lesley Selander ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Edwin B. Willis ... associate art director
Joseph C. Wright ... associate art director (as Joseph Wright)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

Special Effects by

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Slavko Vorkapich ... special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dolly Tree ... wardrobe
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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William Axt ... synchronization (as Dr. William Axt)
Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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G. Pat Collins ... voice (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Orphans Edward "Blackie" Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Bookworm Wade becomes a D.A. vying for the Governorship. When Blackie's girlfriend Eleanor leaves him and marries the more down to earth Wade, Blackie harbors no resentment. In fact, their friendship is so strong that Blackie murders an attorney threatening to derail Wade's bid to become Governor. The morally straight Wade's last job as D.A. is to convict his friend of the murder, and send him to the electric chair. After he becomes Governor, Wade has the authority to commute Blackie's death sentence-- a decision that pits his high moral ethics against a lifelong friendship. Written by Gary Jackson

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Taglines RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything! (Print Ad-Gettysburg Times, ((Gettysburg, Penna.)) 6 July 1934) See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'ennemi public n° 1 (France)
  • Un drame à Manhattan (France)
  • El enemigo público número 1 (Spain)
  • En Manhattan-melodram (Sweden)
  • Η τιμή του γκάνγκστερ (Greece)
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Trivia The opening scenes depict the General Slocum disaster on the morning of June 15, 1904. The popular excursion steamer caught fire in New York's East River while transporting passengers to a picnic organized by St. Mark's Evangelical German Lutheran Church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. With an estimated 1,021 fatalities, mostly women and children, this was New York City's single worst tragedy, in terms of lives lost, before 9/11. An incompetent, inexperienced crew was held primarily to blame for the tragedy. See more »
Goofs In the cheering New York City crowds on Jim Wade's election night, supposedly in November 1925, theatre marquees are promoting 1933 films, including MGM's Dinner at Eight (1933) and Bombshell (1933) with Michael Strogoff (1910). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in David O. Selznick: 'Your New Producer' (1935). See more »
Soundtracks Agitato Nos.1 & 2 See more »
Quotes Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher: Die the way you lived, all of a sudden, that's the way to go. Don't drag it out.
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