Directed by:
Leigh JasonCinematography:
Nicholas MusuracaComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Frances Mercer, Stanley Ridges, Whitney Bourne, Linda Perry, Hattie McDaniel, James Burke, Paul Guilfoyle (more)Plots(1)
Dizzy heiress Melsa Manton and her manicured band of Park Avenue pranksters think Manhattan is an amusement park built just for them. So when Melsa stumbles across a murder victim, the pranksters decide to play detective. The only trouble is that the murderer is playing too - for keeps. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Barbara Stanwyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423656_154a6e.png)
Barbara Stanwyck
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Henry Fonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/296/164296957_834716.jpg)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Sam Levene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455767_17e517.jpg)
Sam Levene
Russian Empire
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Frances Mercer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053812_a6cf86.jpg)
Frances Mercer
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
![Stanley Ridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000160_48dc63.jpg)
Stanley Ridges
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
![Whitney Bourne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162717_35371e.jpg)
Whitney Bourne
USA
Best movies:
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
![Linda Perry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/587/161587705_c265ef.jpg)
Linda Perry
USA
Best movies:
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
![Hattie McDaniel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337539_a0cb36.jpg)
Hattie McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
![James Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/961/159961965_a40f08.jpg)
James Burke
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
![Paul Guilfoyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/759/160759989_c1ed2a.jpg)
Paul Guilfoyle
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
![Penny Singleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434728_78ac12.jpg)
Penny Singleton
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Best Man (1964)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
![Kay Sutton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538485_fc7434.jpg)
Kay Sutton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
![Miles Mander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505316_a77091.jpg)
Miles Mander
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Madame Curie (1943)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
![John Qualen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792766_12ea22.jpg)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![George Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948792_6060c4.jpg)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Irving Bacon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000029_a0f98d.jpg)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Emory Parnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000040_e29276.jpg)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
![Byron Foulger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000086_3c7dff.jpg)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Walter Sande](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000230_9e33e2.jpg)
Walter Sande
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)