The Whole Town's Talking

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

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

Jean Arthur

as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

Arthur Hohl

as Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle

James Donlan

as Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe

Arthur Byron

as Spencer

Wallace Ford

as Healy

Donald Meek

as Hoyt

Etienne Girardot

as Seaver

Edward Brophy

as 'Slugs' Martin

Paul Harvey

as 'J.G.' Carpenter

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