The Whole Town's Talking

1h 33min

Comedy

Crime

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

Edward G. Robinson

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

Jean Arthur

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Arthur Hohl

Arthur Hohl

Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
James Donlan

James Donlan

Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

'Slugs' Martin
Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

'J.G.' Carpenter
J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Prison Warden (uncredited)
Ralph Remley

Ralph Remley

Sam Dixon
Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Mannion's Thug (uncredited)
Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Bank Employee (uncredited)
Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Miss Gower (uncredited)
Robert Stanley

Robert Stanley

Reporter (uncredited)

Release date

22nd Feb 1935

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English