The Whole Town's Talking (1935)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Edward G. Robinson | as | Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones/'Killer' Mannion | | Jean Arthur | as | Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | | Arthur Hohl | as | Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle | | Arthur Byron | as | Dist. Atty. Spencer | | Wallace Ford | as | Healy ('Record' reporter) | | Donald Meek | as | Mr. Hoyt | | Paul Harvey | as | J. G. Carpenter | | Edward Brophy | as | 'Slugs' Martin (as Ed Brophy) | | Etienne Girardot | as | Seaver (office manager) | | James Donlan | as | Det. Sgt. Patrick J. Howe |
| | Crew list: | | John Ford (Director) | | W.R. Burnett (Writer) | | Robert Riskin (Writer) |
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Review
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. |
Other resources: Wikipedia, IMDB |
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