The Whole Town's Talking

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.

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  Edward G. Robinson

  Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
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  Jean Arthur

  Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
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  Arthur Hohl

  Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
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  James Donlan

  Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
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  Arthur Byron

  Spencer
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  Wallace Ford

  Healy
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  Donald Meek

  Hoyt
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  Etienne Girardot

  Seaver
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  Edward Brophy

  'Slugs' Martin
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  Paul Harvey

  'J.G.' Carpenter