The Talk of the Town

Aug 20, 1942

1h 58m

★ 7.3

Three people who make life more exciting... love more precious... laughter more joyous!

Overview

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Leopold Dilg

Cary Grant

Nora Shelley

Jean Arthur

Michael Lightcap

Ronald Colman

Sam Yates

Edgar Buchanan

Regina Bush

Glenda Farrell

Andrew Holmes

Charles Dingle

Mrs. Shelley

Emma Dunn

Tilney

Rex Ingram

Jan Pulaski

Leonid Kinskey

Clyde Bracken

Tom Tyler

Police Chief

Don Beddoe

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

William Benedict

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