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Quick Info

Rating

7.0/10

Release1934

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Cosmopolitan Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Movie

Manhattan Melodrama

1934

1h 33m

7.0

Crime

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

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