The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town (1942)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1942-08-20
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 94 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: George Stevens
star 7.2/10
From 94 Ratings

Summary

When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.

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  • Cary Grant

    as Leopold Dilg - Joseph
  • Jean Arthur

    as Miss Nora Shelley
  • Ronald Colman

    as Professor Michael Lightcap
  • Edgar Buchanan

    as Sam Yates
  • Glenda Farrell

    as Regina Bush
  • Charles Dingle

    as Andrew Holmes
  • Emma Dunn

    as Mrs. Shelley
  • Rex Ingram

    as Tilney
  • Leonid Kinskey

    as Jan Pulaski
  • Tom Tyler

    as Clyde Bracken
  • Don Beddoe

    as Police Chief
  • William Benedict

    as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
  • Ferike Boros

    as Mrs. Pulaski (uncredited)
  • Al Bridge

    as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
  • Lloyd Bridges

    as Donald Forrester (uncredited)
  • Leslie Brooks

    as Secretary (uncredited)
  • Jack Carr

    as Usher (uncredited)
  • Gino Corrado

    as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
  • Joe Cunningham

    as McGuire (uncredited)
  • Clyde Fillmore

    as Sen. James Boyd (uncredited)
  • Frank McLure

    as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Clarence Muse

    as Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited)
  • Frank O'Connor

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  • Blanche Payson

    as Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)
  • Dewey Robinson

    as Irate Man at Burned Mill (uncredited)
  • Mabel Todd

    as Operator (uncredited)
  • George Watts

    as Judge Grunstadt (uncredited)
  • Lee 'Lasses' White

    as Hound Keeper (uncredited)
  • Max Wagner

    as Moving Man (uncredited)
  • Frank Mills

    as Townsman (uncredited)
Production George Stevens Producer
Directing George Stevens Director
Production Fred Guiol Producer
Writing Irwin Shaw Screenplay
Writing Sidney Buchman Screenplay
Writing Sidney Harmon Story
Camera Ted Tetzlaff Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Design
Art Bill Black Props
Camera Fred Stoll Grip
Editing Otto Meyer Editor
Sound Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer

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