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.

Cast (16)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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)

R

Ralph Remley

Sam Dixon

Joe Sawyer

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Bank Employee (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Miss Gower (uncredited)

R

Robert Stanley

Reporter (uncredited)

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