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The Whole Town's Talking

1935-1h 33min
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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.

Directed by John Ford

Writers Robert Riskin Jo Swerling W.R. Burnett

Stars Edward G. Robinson Jean Arthur Arthur Hohl

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Cast

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Edward G. Robinson

Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
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Jean Arthur

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
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Arthur Hohl

Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
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James Donlan

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
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Arthur Byron

Spencer
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Wallace Ford

Healy
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Donald Meek

Hoyt
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Etienne Girardot

Seaver
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Edward Brophy

'Slugs' Martin
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Paul Harvey

'J.G.' Carpenter
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J. Farrell MacDonald

Prison Warden (uncredited)
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Ralph Remley

Sam Dixon

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