The Whole Town's Talking

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.

Cast

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

Crew

John Ford

Director

Jo Swerling

Screenplay

Robert Riskin

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett

Story

Joseph H. August

Director of Photography

Viola Lawrence

Editor

Lester Cowan

Producer

John Ford

Producer

Robert Kalloch

Costume Design

Wilbur McGaugh

Assistant Director

Clips & Videos

The Whole Town's Talking 1935 John Ford Film, Edward G Robinson

TCM Salute to Robert Riskin 2of3 The Whole Town's Talking (Intro)