The Mad Miss Manton

Name: The Mad Miss Manton
Director: Leigh Jason
Released: 1938
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Frances Mercer, Stanley Ridges

1938 · 80 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 2,896 VOTES · DIR. Leigh Jason

Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 1,729 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:22 Good night. Good night.

00:06:31 Because one of your dogs had distemper?

00:09:42 We can't sit back complacently and let them ridicule us.

00:12:09 Well, then Mrs. Lane.

00:15:37 Turn off your flashlights.

00:19:41 We can't leave pat in there.

00:22:53 You're tired. I'm tired. The girls are tired.

00:25:48 There'll be a big story for you.

00:28:46 Hilda, I thought I told you to keep him out.

00:32:49 Let's call it quits.

00:37:38 Here are the clippings on him.

00:40:50 The only kind of an alibi I could give Eddie

00:43:02 good-Bye now.

00:46:36 To destroy evidence.

00:49:00 Yes, sir. Yes, sir, I hear you.

00:52:01 She's probably still in kindergarten.

00:55:05 All we could get out of Regan

00:57:32 Oh, what good will it do?

01:01:02 Why did you hide from the police, Mrs. Lane?

01:03:14 That's right.

01:06:58 I'm going to become hysterical in a moment.

01:12:08 I don't blame you for ditching them.

01:15:58 But I was too smart for them.

100:00:00 papers on the street already.

Cast & Characters

Barbara Stanwyck Melsa Manton Henry Fonda Peter Ames Sam Levene Lieutenant Brent Frances Mercer Helen Frayne Stanley Ridges Edward Norris Whitney Bourne Pat James Vickie Lester Kit Beverly Ann Evers Lee Wilson Catherine O'Quinn Dora Fenton Linda Perry Myra Frost

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,729

Dialogue density21.6 lines / min

First line00:01:22

Final line100:00:00

Production Record

DirectorLeigh Jason

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,896