The Whole Town's Talking
1935, Film, 93 min, Comedy, Crime, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 68
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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.
Directed by John Ford
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as 'Killer' Mannion
- Jean Arthur as Miss Wilhelmina Clark
- Arthur Hohl as Detective Sergeant Boyle
- James Donlan as Detective Sergeant Howe
- Arthur Byron as Spencer
- Wallace Ford as Healy
- Donald Meek as Hoyt
- Etienne Girardot as Seaver
- Edward Brophy as 'Slugs' Martin
- Paul Harvey as 'J.G.' Carpenter
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