Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

This is another excellent mystery/comedy, starring Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. (McCrea was the star of Tales of the Texas Rangers on radio.) McCrea is an arrogant reporter who accurately predicts crimes because of his understanding of the criminal mind. He befriends Arthur, who involves him in the mystery. She is in a play produced by Reginald Owen, who is the mastermind of a criminal ring, and whose intellect is a match for McCrea's. McCrea has several predictions misfire, and appears to lose his mental grip because of it, but he is really setting up the criminal, for a slam/bang finish. And, of course, Arthur and McCrea fall in love. (Could it have been any other way?)




Reginald Owen