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The Whole Town's Talking

Not Rated
ComedyCrime
6.8/10(44 ratings)

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.

02-22-1935
1h 33m
The Whole Town's Talking
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Main 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

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

Spencer

Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

Healy

Donald Meek

Donald Meek

Hoyt

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
John Ford
Production:
Columbia Pictures

Key Crew

Director:
John Ford
Screenplay:
Robert Riskin
Screenplay:
Jo Swerling
Story:
W.R. Burnett
Director of Photography:
Joseph H. August

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en