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'''''Manhattan Melodrama''''' is a 1934 gangster picture starring [[Clark Gable]]. Taking place in [[New York City]], it's centered around the lives of two orphans raised as step-brothers, one of whom, Blackie Gallagher, grows up to be a gangster. The other, Jim Wade, becomes the assistentassistant district attorney. [[Foil|Despite being on opposite sides of the law]], they still care for each other. However, a [[Love Triangle]] and criminal happenings begin to put a strain on their relationship.

So, essentially, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]].

Mostly though, [[Pop CultureCultural Osmosis|it's remembered because]] it was the movie [[John Dillinger]] had just seen before he came out of the theater and was gunned down by the FBI.

* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Blackie dies.}}

* [[Love Triangle]]{{context}}

[[Category:Films of the 1930s{{PAGENAME}}]]