The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
February 22, 1935
Comedy, Crime
1h 33m
The most exciting picture in a decade..Inspired by the biggest front page sensation in recent years
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- John Ford
- Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion Edward G. Robinson
- Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark Jean Arthur
- Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle Arthur Hohl
- Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe James Donlan
- Spencer Arthur Byron
- Healy Wallace Ford
- Hoyt Donald Meek
- Seaver Etienne Girardot
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Keywords
- mistaken identity
- screwball comedy
- milquetoast