Manslaughter (1930 film)

For other uses, see Manslaughter (disambiguation).

Manslaughter
Directed by	George Abbott
Written by	George Abbott (adaptation) Alice Duer Miller (novel)
Starring	Claudette Colbert Fredric March
Cinematography	Archie Stout
Edited by	Otho Lovering
Music by	Karl Hajos
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 23, 1930 (1930-07-23)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Manslaughter is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is a sound remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1922 silent classic Manslaughter. Paramount also released a French-language version of this 1930 film as The Indictment, directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki.

Plot summary

A wealthy woman runs over and kills a man in an automobile accident.

Cast

• Claudette Colbert as Lydia Thorne
• Fredric March as Dan O'Bannon
• Emma Dunn as Miss Bennett
• Natalie Moorhead as Eleanor Bellington
• Richard Tucker as J.P. Albee
• Hilda Vaughn as Louise Evans
• G. Pat Collins as John Drummond
• Steve Pendleton as Bobby
• Stanley Fields as Peters
• Arnold Lucy as Piers
• Ivan F. Simpson as Morson
• George Chandler as Roadside Observer

External links

• Manslaughter at the TCM Movie Database
• Manslaughter at IMDb
• Manslaughter at AllMovie