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.
Movie: The Whole Town's Talking
Top 10 Billed Cast
Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
Spencer
Healy
Hoyt
Seaver
'Slugs' Martin
'J.G.' Carpenter
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