Arthur Hohl, Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur

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 ...( read more  read more... )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.

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Directed by: John Ford

Release Date: February 22, 1935

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  • June 26, 2008
    The set up is wonderful, like something out of a Shakespeare comedy. Unfortunately the film only focuses on one of the two identical men. It makes the confusion more frustrating than funny. Robinson is excellent in both roles and Jean Arthur is fantastic as one down right sassy b...( read more)road. The direction seems rather off at times. There's no tension between Jones and Mannion and some scenes stay focussed on a particular character when they should really cut away for a reaction shot. I know this isn't a typical Ford film and it shows. The ridiculous circumstances under which Jones achieves fame are still relevant today and show that he has to actually accomplish something to be a real hero.
  • July 16, 2009
    Edward G. Robinson is such a brilliant actor, and he shines in this gem. A wonderful classic that expertly balances comedy and drama, great story and very entertaining.
  • January 20, 2009
    John Ford supo aprovechar al máximo el potencial de un actor del calibre de Edward G. Robinson en The Whole Town?s Talking (1935), brillante y poco convencional filme de gangsters, al combinar comedia romántica en una bien tramada historia, que giraba alrededor de una fatal confu...( read more)sión para un mediocre contador.

    Robinson hace un doble papel fenomenal, el del contador Arthur Ferguson Jones, tipo nervioso, tímido, algo irresponsable y con baja autoestima; enamorado de su despreocupada compañera de oficina, Wilhelmina ?Bill? Clark (simpática e, irremediablemente, adorable Jean Arthur). El otro personaje es su acostumbrado gángster, el temible Mannion, considerado por la policía como el ?Enemigo Público Número 1?, que ha cometido múltiples robos y asesinatos. Como podrá suponerse, Arthur y Mannion son físicamente idénticos.
    Ford conseguía un gran tercer acto, y la mezcla de géneros (que sólo un maestro puede manejar con soltura y facilidad) era magistral, entretenida y conmovedora, en esa pena ajena que causa el desdichado Arthur, de todas formas afortunado por la manera en que la atractiva Wilhelmina se acababa enamorando de él.
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