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Adventure in Manhattan

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With his knowledge of psychology and criminal behavior, reporter George Melville (Joel McCrea) is able to accurately anticipate specific crimes, incurring the jealousy of his fellow journalists. After meeting actress Claire Peyton (Jean Arthur), George grows suspicious of Blackton Gregory (Reginald Owen), the producer of her new play. Realizing that Blackton is actually a presumed-dead thief named Belaire, George stakes his reputation on predicting the next crime.

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies A cracking good comedy-thriller, one of the unheralded gems of the period. Rated: 4/5 Oct 7, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Joel McCrea stars as a criminologist hired by newspaper editor Thomas Mitchell to provide insight on a series of high profile art thefts. His wild predictions about the crimes prove controversial and he makes enemies. Jean Arthur is an actress hired to help pull an elaborate con on McCrea, who ends up helping him track down the master thief. This is the kind of screwball comedy that lives or dies on the appeal of it's leads, and in McCrea and Arthur it has decent ones that really aren't completely up to the task. It's an entertaining enough film that could have really shined with a better cast. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member good mystry adventure Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member good crime caper movie Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Uninspired in title and not terribly interesting in content, this is still worth seeing for the sparkling chemistry between McCrea and Arthur. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis With his knowledge of psychology and criminal behavior, reporter George Melville (Joel McCrea) is able to accurately anticipate specific crimes, incurring the jealousy of his fellow journalists. After meeting actress Claire Peyton (Jean Arthur), George grows suspicious of Blackton Gregory (Reginald Owen), the producer of her new play. Realizing that Blackton is actually a presumed-dead thief named Belaire, George stakes his reputation on predicting the next crime.
Director
Edward Ludwig
Screenwriter
Harry Sauber, Jack Kirkland, Sidney Buchman
Production Co
Columbia Pictures
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 13m