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The Talk of the Town

7.3

Released August 20, 1942Runtime 1h 58min

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

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: $1,100,000
Profit/Loss: $100,000

Stream

Rent

Buy

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Cast

Cary GrantLeopold Dilg

Jean ArthurNora Shelley

Ronald ColmanMichael Lightcap

Edgar BuchananSam Yates

Glenda FarrellRegina Bush

Charles DingleAndrew Holmes

Emma DunnMrs. Shelley

Rex IngramTilney

Leonid KinskeyJan Pulaski

Tom TylerClyde Bracken

Don BeddoePolice Chief

William BenedictWestern Union Boy (uncredited)

Ferike BorosMrs. Pulaski (uncredited)

Al BridgeDesk Sergeant (uncredited)

Lloyd BridgesDonald Forrester (uncredited)

Leslie BrooksSecretary (uncredited)

Jack CarrUsher (uncredited)

Gino CorradoNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Joe CunninghamMcGuire (uncredited)

Clyde FillmoreJames Boyd (uncredited)

Frank McLureNightclub Patron (uncredited)

Clarence MuseSupreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited)

Frank O'ConnorCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Blanche PaysonSupreme Court Spectator (uncredited)

Dewey RobinsonIrate Man at Burned Mill (uncredited)

Mabel ToddOperator (uncredited)

George WattsJudge Grunstadt (uncredited)

Lee 'Lasses' WhiteHound Keeper (uncredited)

Max WagnerMoving Man (uncredited)

Frank MillsTownsman (uncredited)

Crew

George StevensDirector

Norman DemingAssistant Director

Irwin ShawScreenplay

Sidney BuchmanScreenplay

Sidney HarmonStory

Dale Van EveryAdaptation

George StevensProducer

Fred GuiolAssociate Producer

Ted TetzlaffDirector of Photography

Lionel BanksArt Direction

Morris StoloffMusic Director

IreneCostume Design

Friedrich HollaenderOriginal Music Composer

Otto MeyerEditor

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Reviews

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...