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The Whole Town's Talking is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Ford released in USA on 22 february 1935 with Edward G. Robinson
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
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Add to a movie listThe Whole Town's Talking (released in the UK as Passport to Fame) is a 1935 American comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a law-abiding man who bears a striking resemblance to a killer, with Jean Arthur as his love interest. It was directed by John Ford from a screenplay by Jo Swerling and Robert Riskin based on a story by W.R. Burnett originally published in Collier's in August 1932. Burnett was also the author of the source material for Robinson's screen break-through, Little Caesar. The film The Whole Town's Talking (1926) has no story connection to this film. The story was remade in 1998 as the Bollywood film Duplicate.
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Arthur Ferguson Jones (Edward G. Robinson) and Wilhelmina "Bill" Clark (Jean Arthur) work at the same advertising firm. Jones turns out to look exactly like the notorious bank robber "Killer" Mannion (also Robinson) and is apprehended by the police.Actors
Edward G. Robinson
(Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion)
Jean Arthur
(Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark)
Arthur Byron
(Spencer)
Arthur Hohl
(Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle)
Donald Meek
(Hoyt)
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