The Whole Town's Talking (1935)





When a notorious killer escapes from jail, a meek newspaper clerk – his double – is reluctantly dragged into heroism, aiding in the killer's apprehension and discovering his own dangerous personality, which wins him the girl he has loved from afar. 3


Books with substantial mentioning of The Whole Town's Talking

Duane Byrge, Robert Milton Miller
The Screwball Comedy Films, A History and Filmography, 1934-1942
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Tag Gallagher
John Ford: The Man and His Films
Berkeley-Los Angeles-London, 1986

J.A. Place
The Non-Western Films of John Ford
Secaucus, NJ, 1979

Books with an entry on The Whole Town's Talking

Robert Beck
The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2002

Larry Langman and Daniel Finn
A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1995