The Whole Town's Talking

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

93 mins
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.

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

Edward Brophy

'Slugs' Martin

Paul Harvey

'J.G.' Carpenter

J. Farrell MacDonald

Prison Warden (uncredited)

Ralph Remley

Sam Dixon

Joe Sawyer

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)

Lucille Ball

Bank Employee (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Miss Gower (uncredited)

Robert Stanley

Reporter (uncredited)

John Ford

Director

Robert Riskin

Screenplay

Jo Swerling

Screenplay

Joseph H. August

Director of Photography

Robert Kalloch

Costume Design

Eddie Donahoe

Assistant Director

Wilbur McGaugh

Assistant Director

Lester Cowan

Producer

John Ford

Producer

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