The Whole Town's Talking

"The most exciting picture in a decade..Inspired by the biggest front page sensation in recent years"

Feb 22 1935 Approved 1h 33m
Comedy, Crime, Drama

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.

Plot

Ordinary man-on-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a regularly life, but one day, everything changes when he is mistaken for a criminal named 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 an opportunity to steal the pass, and chaos results.

Written by

Jo Swerling, Robert Riskin, W.R. Burnett

Directed by

John Ford

Cast

Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
The Whole Town's Talking 1935 John Ford Film, Edward G Robinson
Featurettes
TCM Salute to Robert Riskin 2of3 The Whole Town's Talking (Intro)
Scores
# of Votes
3,651
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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