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The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 American screwball comedy and mystery film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames, and otherwise behaving like silly young women. Ames is also after the murderer, as well as Melsa's hand in marriage.
This was the first of three screen pairings for Stanwyck and Fonda, the others being The Lady Eve and You Belong to Me.
Original Release
10/08/1938
US Release
10/08/1938
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Catherine O'Quinn | Dora Fenton |
Linda Perry | Myra Frost |
Directors
Writers
Philip G. Epstein, Wilson Collison, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Arthur Kober, John Monks Jr., Hal Yates
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
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 / Mr. Thomas |
John Qualen | Subway Watchman / Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site |
Grady Sutton | D.A.'s Secretary / Secretary to District Attorney |
Producers
Name | Role |
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P.J. Wolfson | Producer |