The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

  • NR
  • 02/21/1935 (US)
  • Comedy, Crime
  • 1h 33m

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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.

Robert Riskin

Screenplay

Jo Swerling

Screenplay

John Ford

Director

W.R. Burnett

Story

Cast

Edward G. Robinson's headshot

Edward G. Robinson

Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Jean Arthur's headshot

Jean Arthur

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Arthur Hohl's headshot

Arthur Hohl

Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
James Donlan's headshot

James Donlan

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
Arthur Byron's headshot

Arthur Byron

Spencer
Wallace Ford's headshot

Wallace Ford

Healy
Donald Meek's headshot

Donald Meek

Hoyt
Etienne Girardot's headshot

Etienne Girardot

Seaver

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