The Mad Miss Manton

About The Mad Miss Manton

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she and her group of friends prove them wrong.

The Mad Miss Manton (1938) is a comedy crime film directed by Leigh Jason. The film is filed under murder mystery, screwball comedy, investigative journalism, and socialite.

Barbara Stanwyck stars as Melsa Manton, Henry Fonda as Peter Ames, Sam Levene as Lieutenant Brent, and Frances Mercer as Helen Frayne. At 80 minutes long, it arrived in October 1938.

The screenplay is by Philip G. Epstein. In the United States it streams on YouTube TV.

Café Society, It Happened One Night, and The Philadelphia Story make useful companions to The Mad Miss Manton, all filed under gangster. It carries a NR rating.