Movie · 1938
The Mad Miss Manton
“Out of the social register and into the police blotter!”
Released 21 October 1938 80 min Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance More from 1938 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Robert Middlemass
as District Attorney (uncredited)
James Burke
as Sullivan
Olin Howland
as Mr. X, the Safecracker
Miles Mander
as Fred Thomas
Stanley Ridges
as Edward Norris
Pierre Watkin
as Mr. Fenton (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel
as Hilda
George Chandler
as Newspaper Staff (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Assistant News Editor (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
as Bat Regan
Henry Fonda
as Peter Ames
Sam Levene
as Lieutenant Brent
Grady Sutton
as Secretary to District Attorney
Walter Sande
as Jim - Investigator for Peter (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck
as Melsa Manton
Penny Singleton
as Frances Glesk
Catherine O'Quinn
as Dora Fenton
Linda Perry
as Myra Frost
William Tannen
as Drunk Who Trips in Las Palmas Club (uncredited)
Whitney Bourne
as Pat James
Frances Mercer
as Helen Frayne
Vickie Lester
as Kit Beverly
Ann Evers
as Lee Wilson
Eleanor Hansen
as Jane
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The numbers
34years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Robert Middlemass — oldest on the call sheet
21Eleanor Hansen — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast