The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

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    (159 ratings)

Wealthy socialite Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is taking her pooches for a walk in the dead of the night when she stumbles upon a dead body and a car fleeing the scene of the crime. She alerts the police but the corpse has disappeared by the time they arrive, and the lieutenant, knowing of her… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By
Leigh Jason
Written By
Philip G. Epstein, Wilson Collison
Genres
Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 21, 1938 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A mildly funny screwball comedy-mystery thriller that is overall more thirties stylish than witty.

  • Matt Bailey, Not Coming to a Theater Near You

    The Mad Miss Manton succeeds as a romantic comedy more than it succeeds as a mystery.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Doctor S


    Stanwyck is fun to watch as leader of a gang of idle Park Avenue society women who try to solve a murder outside the law and Henry Fonda's newspaper. Some silly sequences and questionable romance between the stars, which includes Fonda threatening to beat some sense into Barbara… More

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