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The Talk of the 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.
1942 · Directed by George Stevens · 118 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Three people who make life more exciting... love more precious... laughter more joyous!
Crew
- Screenplay: Sidney Buchman, Irwin Shaw
- Cinematography: Ted Tetzlaff
- Edited by: Otto Meyer
- Music: Friedrich Hollaender
- Produced by: George Stevens
Cast
- Cary Grant as Leopold Dilg
- Jean Arthur as Nora Shelley
- Ronald Colman as 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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $1,100,000
- Themes: factory, fire, love triangle, romcom, trial, supreme court, murder, arson, debate, misunderstanding
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