The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking

1935-02-22 - 93 minutes

6.80 / 10

Overview

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

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.

Screenplay

Screenplay - Robert Riskin

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Videos

The Whole Town's Talking 1935

Trailer

TCM Salute to Robert Riskin 2o

Featurette

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Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion

Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

Arthur Hohl

Arthur Hohl

Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle

James Donlan

James Donlan

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

'Slugs' Martin

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

'J.G.' Carpenter

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Prison Warden (uncredited)

Ralph Remley

Ralph Remley

Sam Dixon

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Bank Employee (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Miss Gower (uncredited)

Robert Stanley

Robert Stanley

Reporter (uncredited)