The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
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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.
Casting
- 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
- Arthur Byron — Spencer
- Wallace Ford — Healy
- Donald Meek — Hoyt
- Etienne Girardot — Seaver
- Edward Brophy — 'Slugs' Martin
- Paul Harvey — 'J.G.' Carpenter
- J. Farrell MacDonald — Prison Warden (uncredited)
- Ralph Remley — Sam Dixon
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