The Mad Miss Manton
Comedy
Crime
Mystery
Romance
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.
1938-10-21
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Cast
Barbara Stanwyck as Melsa Manton
Henry Fonda as Peter Ames
Sam Levene as Lieutenant Brent
Frances Mercer as Helen Frayne
Stanley Ridges as Edward Norris
Whitney Bourne as Pat James
Vickie Lester as Kit Beverly
Ann Evers as Lee Wilson
Linda Perry as Myra Frost
Eleanor Hansen as Jane
Hattie McDaniel as Hilda
James Burke as Sullivan
Paul Guilfoyle as Bat Regan
Penny Singleton as Frances Glesk
Leona Maricle as Sheila Lane
Kay Sutton as Gloria Hamilton
Miles Mander as Fred Thomas
John Qualen as Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
Grady Sutton as Secretary to District Attorney
Olin Howland as Mr. X, the Safecracker
Irving Bacon as Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
Ed Brady as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lynton Brent as Clerk (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler as Detective with Machine Gun (uncredited)
George Chandler as Newspaper Staff (uncredited)
Wade Crosby as Writer (uncredited)
Virginia Dabney as Secretary (uncredited)
Paul Everton as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Guest at Charity Ball (uncredited)
Byron Foulger as Assistant News Editor (uncredited)
Otto Fries as Homicide Detective (uncredited)
Charles Halton as Popsie (uncredited)
Vinton Hayworth as Peter's Secretary (uncredited)
Donald Kerr as Ben - Melsa's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mike Lally as Las Palmas Club Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)
George Magrill as Policeman (uncredited)
Matt McHugh as Frisco - False Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass as District Attorney (uncredited)
Lillian Miles as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie as Managing Editor (uncredited)
Emory Parnell as Doorman (uncredited)
Harvey Parry as Stuntman (uncredited)
Jack Rice as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Walter Sande as Jim - Investigator for Peter (uncredited)
Buster Slaven as Messenger Boy with Telegrams (uncredited)
Jean Stevens as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
William Tannen as Drunk Who Trips in Las Palmas Club (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Russell Wade as Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin as Mr. Fenton (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)