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Information
- Year
- 1938
- Runtime
- 80 min.
- Director
- Leigh Jason
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy, Mystery
- Rating *
- 6.9
- Votes *
- 1,248
- Checks
- 246
- Favs
- 15
- Dislikes
- 1
- Favs/checks
- 6.1% (1:16)
- Favs/dislikes
- 15:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Mad Miss Manton is a fun little Barbara Stanwyck vehicle in which she plays a socialite who keeps stumbling on dead bodies and since the police are kind of idiots, swears she and her group of gals can solve the mystery before they can. A gritty procedural, this isn't. Expect nocturne investigations in evening wear, coppers pulling faces and doing shtick, and a romance with Henry Fonda's calumnious newspaper editor. But the mystery has some good twists and turns, even if it took me a while to figure out who was who. Getting to know the particulars through gossip second-hand is perhaps not the best way to lay out the stakes. It's a go with the flow and don't ask too many questions type of affair, mostly worth it for the cracking dialog. I especially enjoyed the socialites working together, as if this were just another book club night. They were quickly drawn but distinctive enough to please. I'm certainly becoming a Stanwyck fan. 5 years 4 months ago -
DerekFME
A bit of a shaky start but got that bit more engaging as it went on. Barbara was a delight to watch as always. 12 years 8 months ago