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The Whole Town's Talking

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.

1935 |1h 33m |  Comedy, Crime

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Cast

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Edward G. Robinson

Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

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Jean Arthur

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

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Arthur Hohl

Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle

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James Donlan

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

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Arthur Byron

Spencer

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Wallace Ford

Healy

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Donald Meek

Hoyt

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Etienne Girardot

Seaver

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Edward Brophy

'Slugs' Martin

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Paul Harvey

'J.G.' Carpenter

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J. Farrell MacDonald

Prison Warden (uncredited)

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Lucille Ball

Bank Employee (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Miss Gower (uncredited)

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Joe Sawyer

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

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