The Whole Town's Talking (1935)


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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.
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Directed by: John Ford, Joseph H. August, Eddie Donahoe
Produced by: Lester Cowan, John Ford
Cast

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
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