The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Directed by

Leigh Jason

Genre

romantic comedy, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy young woman and her friends stumble onto a murder case. They investigate while an editor competes with them to solve the crime and win her affection.

lightheartedfast-pacedwittywhimsicalscrewballcarefreeplayful

What happens

The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 American screwball comedy-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 irresponsible socialites. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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