The Whole Town's Talking
The 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.
Plot
Meek and mild Arthur Ferguson Jones and brash Wilhelmina Clark work at the same advertising firm. He harbors a secret crush on her while she barely knows he exists.
Cast
- Arthur Byron
- Arthur Hohl
- Bess Flowers
- Billy West
- Brooks Benedict
- Bud Jamison
- Charles Sullivan
- Clarence Wilson
- Don Brodie
- Donald Meek
- Eddy Chandler
- Edward Brophy
- Edward G. Robinson
- Edward Hearn
- Edward Keane
- Emmett Vogan
- Ethan Laidlaw
- Etienne Girardot
- Frank Marlowe
- Frank O'Connor
- Frank Sheridan
- Harry Tenbrook
- J. Farrell MacDonald
- Jack Cheatham
- Jack Mower
- James Donlan
- Jay Eaton
- Jean Arthur
- Joe Sawyer
- Lucille Ball
- Paul Harvey
- Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Sidney D'Albrook
- Wallace Ford
- Walter Long
More details
| author | Jo Swerling Robert Riskin |
|---|---|
| director | John Ford |
| editor | Viola Lawrence |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | act advertise bank robber district attorney doppelgänger fall guy local celebrity real man take advantage true identity wait |
| musicBy | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| producer | John Ford Lester Cowan |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | crime comedy |