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The Talk of the Town( 1942)

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Screen comedy so gay... drama so thrilling... love so exciting, it will be the talk of YOUR town!

Overview

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Cary Grant

      Leopold Dilg

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      Jean Arthur

      Nora Shelley

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      Ronald Colman

      Michael Lightcap

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      Edgar Buchanan

      Sam Yates

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      Glenda Farrell

      Regina Bush

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      Charles Dingle

      Andrew Holmes

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      Emma Dunn

      Mrs. Shelley

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      Rex Ingram

      Tilney

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      Leonid Kinskey

      Jan Pulaski

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      Tom Tyler

      Clyde Bracken

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      Don Beddoe

      Police Chief

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      William Benedict

      Western Union Boy (uncredited)

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      Ferike Boros

      Mrs. Pulaski (uncredited)

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      Al Bridge

      Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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      Lloyd Bridges

      Donald Forrester (uncredited)

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      Leslie Brooks

      Secretary (uncredited)

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      Jack Carr

      Usher (uncredited)

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      Gino Corrado

      Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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      Joe Cunningham

      McGuire (uncredited)

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      Clyde Fillmore

      James Boyd (uncredited)

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      Frank McLure

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Clarence Muse

      Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited)

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      Frank O'Connor

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Blanche Payson

      Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)

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      Dewey Robinson

      Irate Man at Burned Mill (uncredited)

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      Mabel Todd

      Operator (uncredited)

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      George Watts

      Judge Grunstadt (uncredited)

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      Lee 'Lasses' White

      Hound Keeper (uncredited)

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      Max Wagner

      Moving Man (uncredited)

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      Frank Mills

      Townsman (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Jul 01 2019
    What is the law? It's a gun pointed at somebody's head. All depends upon which end of the gun you stand, whether the law is just or not. The Talk of the Town is directed by George Stevens and Stevens co-produces with Fred Guiol. It's adapted by Dale Van Every, Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman from a story by Sidney Harmon. It stars Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Rex Ingram and Edgar Buchanan. Leopold Dilg (Grant), a radical and political thinking man, is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the subsequent fire. On trial for his life, he decides to es...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1000000.00

    Revenue

    1100000.00

    Keywords

    • factory
    • fire
    • love triangle
    • romantic comedy
    • trial
    • supreme court
    • murder
    • arson
    • debate
    • misunderstanding
    • gardener
    • hideout
    • criminal law
    • romantic
    • adoring