Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

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.

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Clark Gable

Jim Wade
William Powell

Eleanor Packer
Myrna Loy

Father Joe
Leo Carrillo

Spud
Nat Pendleton

Poppa Rosen
George Sidney

Annabelle
Isabel Jewell

Tootsie Malone
Muriel Evans

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
Thomas E. Jackson

Miss Adams
Isabelle Keith

Manny Arnold
Noel Madison

Jim Wade as a Boy
Jimmy Butler

Blackie as a Boy
Mickey Rooney

Singer in Cotton Club
Shirley Ross

Young Spud (uncredited)
Donald Haines

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Frank Conroy

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
Leonid Kinskey

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel

Al Barnes (uncredited)
William Bailey

Announcer (uncredited)
Curtis Benton

Chauffeur (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Party Leader (uncredited)
James Curtis

Otto (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
Panhandler (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar

Drunk (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Tough Boy (uncredited)
Wesley Giraud

Mr. Coates (uncredited)
John Marston

Uncle Angus (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Leon Trotsky (uncredited)
Leo Lance
Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)
William Arnold

Craps Dealer (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Chemin de Fer Dealer
Jimmy James

Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds

Prison Guard (uncredited)
Wade Boteler

Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel

Killer in Prison (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Boy in Prison (uncredited)
James Eagles
Boy (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
Small Boy on Street (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
Dixie Lotten
One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Alex Melesh

Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore

Reporter (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Hart

Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
George Irving
Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Leslie Preston
Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Bert Russell
Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Jewish Woman (uncredited)
Pepi Sinoff

Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)
Pete Smith

Street Spectator (uncredited)
Al Thompson

Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan

Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon

Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Mary Gordon

German Note Holder (uncredited)
William Irving

German Note Holder (uncredited)
Bert Sprotte

Judge (uncredited)
William Stack

Bailiff (uncredited)
Lee Phelps

Inspector (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
Detective (uncredited)
William Augustin

Detective in Court (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone

Policeman in Court (uncredited)
Tom McGuire

Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Kenney

Policeman (uncredited)
Lee Shumway

Police Intern (uncredited)
Stanley Taylor
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Sherry Hall

Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Croupier (uncredited)
King Mojave
Croupier (uncredited)
W.R. Walsh