The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Out of the social register and into the police blotter!

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

Cast (81)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

C

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

F

Frank Anthony

Policeman (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)

H

Harry A. Bailey

Booking Sergeant (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Clerk (uncredited)

J

John Butler

Waiter (uncredited)

H

Harry Campbell

Harold (uncredited)

J

James Carlisle

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Detective with Machine Gun (uncredited)

George Chandler

Newspaper Staff (uncredited)

W

William Corson

Ronnie Belden (uncredited)

T

Tom Costello

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Wade Crosby

Writer (uncredited)

Virginia Dabney

Secretary (uncredited)

G

George DeNormand

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

M

Mary Jo Desmond

Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

Paul Everton

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

H

Harry Fleischmann

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Guest at Charity Ball (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Assistant News Editor (uncredited)

Otto Fries

Homicide Detective (uncredited)

Charles Halton

Popsie (uncredited)

Vinton Hayworth

Peter's Secretary (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Ben - Melsa's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Las Palmas Club Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)

B

Buck Mack

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

George Magrill

Policeman (uncredited)

Matt McHugh

Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)

C

Charles McMurphy

Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Middlemass

District Attorney (uncredited)

Lillian Miles

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

R

Robert Mitchell

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Managing Editor (uncredited)

T

Ted Oliver

Detective (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Doorman (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

Stuntman (uncredited)

G

Gerald Pierce

Newsboy (uncredited)

F

Fred Rapport

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Jack Rice

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

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