The Mad Miss Manton

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The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy-mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as a socialite who investigates a murder that the police dismiss as a prank.

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instanceOf film
screwball comedy film
basedOn story by Wilson Collison
blackAndWhite true
cinematography Russell Metty
countryOfOrigin United States
dialogueStyle fast-paced witty banter
director Leigh Jason
distributedIn theatrical release
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
editor Frank Magee
featuresCharacterType socialite
filmEra Golden Age of Hollywood
format black-and-white
genre mystery
screwball comedy
hasFilmRatingSystemEra Production Code era
hasTheme amateur sleuth
high society
romantic comedy
language English
leadActorForCharacter Barbara Stanwyck as Melsa Manton
leadCharacter Melsa Manton
musicBy Edward Ward
notableFor pairing of Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A socialite and her friends investigate a murder that the police initially dismiss as a prank.
producer Samuel Bischoff
productionCompany Warner Bros.
productionStudioLot Warner Bros. studios
releaseDate October 21, 1938
releaseYear 1938
runtimeMinutes 80
screenwriter Philip G. Epstein
Richard Bracken
setting New York City
starring Barbara Stanwyck
Frances Mercer
Hattie McDaniel
Henry Fonda
Penny Singleton
Sam Levene
Stanley Ridges
Whitney Bourne
timePeriodDepicted 1930s

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