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Which actors played the central characters in Manhattan Melodrama?
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W.S. Van Dyke (standing, right) directing Myrna Loy and William Powell during the filming of The Thin Man (1934); cinematographer James Wong Howe is on the left.
The central characters in the 1934 film Manhattan Melodrama were played by the following actors:
- Clark Gable, who portrayed the charismatic gangster.12
- William Powell, who played his boyhood friend and the district attorney.12
- Myrna Loy, who played the woman loved by both men.12