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.

• John FordDirector
• Robert RiskinScreenplay
• Jo SwerlingScreenplay

• Edward G. RobinsonArthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
• Jean ArthurWilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
• Arthur HohlDet. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
• James DonlanDetective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
• Arthur ByronSpencer
• Wallace FordHealy
• Donald MeekHoyt
• Etienne GirardotSeaver
• Edward Brophy'Slugs' Martin
• Paul Harvey'J.G.' Carpenter
• J. Farrell MacDonaldPrison Warden (uncredited)
• Ralph RemleySam Dixon