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Manhattan Melodrama (1934) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1934 · 93 mins · English
- Directed by
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Starring
- Mickey Rooney, Myrna Loy, Clark Gable, Nat Pendleton, William Powell, William Bailey
One orphan becomes a reckless charmer, pursuing and seducing women without promise, always escaping consequence. The other takes a lawful path. Despite their diverging lives on opposite sides of the law, their bond survives, even as both fall in love with the same woman, testing their loyalty.
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