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The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

6.8 | Feb 22, 1935 (US) | Comedy, Crime | 01:33

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

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.

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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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Edward Brophy
'Slugs' Martin
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Paul Harvey
'J.G.' Carpenter