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The Whole Town's Talking

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  • Movie
  • 1935
  • 1h 33m

Directed by John Ford

6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 66 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Edward G. Robinson

    Edward G. RobinsonArthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

  • Jean Arthur

    Jean ArthurWilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

  • Arthur Hohl

    Arthur HohlDet. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle

  • James Donlan

    James DonlanDetective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

  • Arthur Byron

    Arthur ByronSpencer

  • Wallace Ford

    Wallace FordHealy

  • Donald Meek

    Donald MeekHoyt

  • Etienne Girardot

    Etienne GirardotSeaver

  • Edward Brophy

    Edward Brophy'Slugs' Martin

  • Paul Harvey

    Paul Harvey'J.G.' Carpenter

  • J. Farrell MacDonald

    J. Farrell MacDonaldPrison Warden (uncredited)

  • Ralph RemleySam Dixon

  • Joe Sawyer

    Joe SawyerMannion's Thug (uncredited)

  • Lucille Ball

    Lucille BallBank Employee (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    Bess FlowersMiss Gower (uncredited)

  • Robert StanleyReporter (uncredited)

Director
John Ford
Writer
Robert Riskin, Jo Swerling and W.R. Burnett
Cinematography
Joseph H. August