The Whole Town's Talking
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1935 | 93m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | John Ford |
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| Writer: | Jo Swerling, Robert Riskin, W.R. Burnett |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 22, 1935 |
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| Director: | John Ford |
| Writer: | Jo Swerling, Robert Riskin, W.R. Burnett |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | mistaken identity, screwball comedy, milquetoast |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Lucille Ball | Bank Employee (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Miss Gower (uncredited) |
| Joe Sawyer | Mannion's Thug (uncredited) |
| Robert Stanley | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Ford | Director |
| Jo Swerling | Screenplay |
| Robert Riskin | Screenplay |
| W.R. Burnett | Story |
| Viola Lawrence | Editor |
| Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Robert Kalloch | Costume Design |
| Wilbur McGaugh | Assistant Director |
| Eddie Donahoe | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Ford | Producer |
| Lester Cowan | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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