The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

6.9/10 • 93 min • Comedy Crime

Overview

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.

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

Wallace Ford

Donald Meek

Etienne Girardot

Edward Brophy

Paul Harvey

'J.G.' Carpenter

J. Farrell MacDonald

Prison Warden (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Bank Employee (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Miss Gower (uncredited)

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