The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking

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1935 · 93 min · ★ 6.9 · Comedy, Crime

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 · Written by Robert Riskin

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Edward G. Robinson Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Jean Arthur Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Arthur Hohl Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
James Donlan Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
Arthur Byron Spencer
Wallace Ford Healy
Donald Meek Hoyt
Etienne Girardot Seaver
Edward Brophy 'Slugs' Martin
Paul Harvey 'J.G.' Carpenter
J. Farrell MacDonald Prison Warden (uncredited)
Ralph Remley Sam Dixon

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