---
title: 'The Mad Miss Manton (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leigh Jason'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mad-miss-manton-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030396/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

1938 · 80 min · Romance, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 American screwball comedy-mystery film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames, and otherwise behaving like irresponsible socialites. Ames is also after the murderer, as well as Melsa's hand in marriage.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leigh Jason](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-jason)
- **Screenplay:** [Philip G. Epstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-g-epstein), [Arthur Kober](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-kober)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicholas Musuraca](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-musuraca)
- **Editor:** [George Hively](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-hively-2)

## Cast

- [Hattie McDaniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/hattie-mcdaniel)
- [Clarence Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-wilson)
- [Miles Mander](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-mander)
- [Grady Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/grady-sutton)
- [Wade Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-crosby)
- [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande)
- [Linda Perry](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-perry)
- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck)
- [Henry Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-fonda)
- [Olin Howland](https://cinepixo.com/people/olin-howland)
- [Sam Levene](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-levene)
- [Stanley Ridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-ridges)

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