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Manhattan Melodrama Cast & Crew

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

NR 1934 · 1h 33m

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Screenplay

Oliver H.P. Garrett , Joseph L. Mankiewicz , Frank Dolan , Donald Ogden Stewart

Story

Arthur Caesar

Producers

David O. Selznick

Music

William Axt

Cinematography

James Wong Howe

Editor

Ben Lewis

Costume design

Dolly Tree

Full cast

73 cast members

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

Thomas E. Jackson

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Jim Wade as a Boy

Blackie as a Boy

Singer in Cotton Club

Young Spud (uncredited)

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

Al Barnes (uncredited)

Announcer (uncredited)

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Party Leader (uncredited)

Otto (uncredited)

Panhandler (uncredited)

Drunk (uncredited)

Tough Boy (uncredited)

Mr. Coates (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Uncle Angus (uncredited)

Leo Lance

Leon Trotsky (uncredited)

Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)

Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)

Craps Dealer (uncredited)

Chemin de Fer Dealer

Samuel S. Hinds

Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

Killer in Prison (uncredited)

Boy in Prison (uncredited)

Boy (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

Small Boy on Street (uncredited)

Dixie Lotten

Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)

One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough

Reporter (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

Leslie Preston

Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)

Bert Russell

Blind Beggar (uncredited)

Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

Street Spectator (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)

Boat Passenger (uncredited)

Boat Passenger (uncredited)

German Note Holder (uncredited)

German Note Holder (uncredited)

Judge (uncredited)

Bailiff (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

Inspector (uncredited)

William Augustin

Detective (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Detective in Court (uncredited)

Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Police Intern (uncredited)

Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Croupier (uncredited)

W.R. Walsh

Croupier (uncredited)

Crew by department

23 crew members

Directing

Douglas Shearer

James Wong Howe

Director of Photography

Writing

Donald Ogden Stewart

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Oliver H.P. Garrett

Production

David O. Selznick

Editing

Supervising Editor

Music

Richard Rodgers

Original Music Composer

Supervising Music Editor

Art

Edwin B. Willis

Joseph C. Wright

Visual Effects

Slavko Vorkapich

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Other

Maurice De Packh

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