The Whole Town's Talking

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  • Rated 6.9 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1935
  • 1h 33m
  • Comedy
  • Crime

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.

Director
John Ford
Starring
Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl, James Donlan

Cast

  • Edward G. Robinson

    Edward G. Robinson

    Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

  • Jean Arthur

    Jean Arthur

    Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

  • Arthur Hohl

    Arthur Hohl

    Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle

  • James Donlan

    James Donlan

    Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

  • Arthur Byron

    Arthur Byron

    Spencer

  • Wallace Ford

    Wallace Ford

    Healy

  • Donald Meek

    Donald Meek

    Hoyt

  • Etienne Girardot

    Etienne Girardot

    Seaver

  • Edward Brophy

    Edward Brophy

    'Slugs' Martin

  • Paul Harvey

    Paul Harvey

    'J.G.' Carpenter

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