| The Mad Miss Manton | |
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| Directed by | Leigh Jason |
| Screenplay by | Philip G. Epstein |
| Story by | Wilson Collison |
| Produced by | P. J. Wolfson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $383,000[1] |
| Box office | $716,000[1] |
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.
This was the first of three screen pairings for Stanwyck and Fonda, the others being The Lady Eve and You Belong to Me.