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The Whole Town's Talking

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The Whole Town's Talking

Feb 22, 1935

1h 33m

★ 6.9

The most exciting picture in a decade..Inspired by the biggest front page sensation in recent years

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

Edward G. Robinson

Jean Arthur

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

Jean Arthur

Arthur Hohl

Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle

Arthur Hohl

James Donlan

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

James Donlan

Arthur Byron

Spencer

Arthur Byron

Wallace Ford

Healy

Wallace Ford

Donald Meek

Hoyt

Donald Meek

Etienne Girardot

Seaver

Etienne Girardot

Edward Brophy

'Slugs' Martin

Edward Brophy

Paul Harvey

'J.G.' Carpenter

Paul Harvey

J. Farrell MacDonald

Prison Warden (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

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Sam Dixon

Ralph Remley

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