The Whole Town's Talking (1935) on Netflix
Arthur Ferguson Jones, a mild-mannered advertising clerk, is never late until the morning he oversleeps. His resemblance to escaped convict 'Killer' Mannion gets him arrested.
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Plot summary
At the advertising firm where he works, Arthur Ferguson Jones has a reputation for never being late, and the boss, J.G. Carpenter, has told office manager Seaver to reward him with a raise. Seaver is also under instructions to fire the next employee who arrives late, and the morning Jones oversleeps, his co-worker Wilhelmina Clark, the woman he secretly admires, loses her job that way. A newspaper photograph of the escaped convict 'Killer' Mannion catches Wilhelmina's eye because the man looks exactly like Jones. Over lunch Jones tells her he writes and dreams of Shanghai, and a fellow diner who recognizes the face hands him over to the police for the reward. At the station Jones insists he is not Mannion while the real Mannion robs a bank.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
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- Columbia Pictures borrowed Edward G. Robinson from Warner Bros. for the film, and he learned of the deal from gossip columnist Louella Parsons. With his career flagging and tired of playing only gangsters, he opposed the project until the script changed his mind.
- In retrospect the film has been seen as a turning point for Edward G. Robinson, reviving his cinematic fortunes.
