The Whole Town's Talking

Edward G Robinson (All My Sons) takes on a dual role, playing both an advertising man and a violent gangster, in The Whole Town’s Talking, a fast-paced screwball comedy from legendary director John Ford (The Long Gray Line), also starring Jean Arthur (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington).

Mild-mannered Arthur Jones (Robinson) is arrested when he is mistaken for his doppelgänger, bank robber “Killer” Mannion (also Robinson). When Mannion gets wind of this, he kidnaps Jones’ co-worker Miss Clark (Arthur), and seeks to frame Jones for his crimes...

Based on a story by W R Burnett (Little Caesar), and co-written by regular Frank Capra collaborator Robert Riskin (It Happened One Night), The Whole Town’s Talking is a hilarious blend of screwball comedy and crime film.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Cymbaline (2020, 7 mins): video essay by Tag Gallagher, author of John Ford: Himself and His Movies
• Leonard Maltin on ‘The Whole Town’s Talking’ (2014, 6 mins): archival appreciation by the film critic and historian
• A Trip Outside Ford Country (2020, 23 mins): new appreciation by academic and film historian Sheldon Hall
• No Rules But Her Own (2020, 18 mins): writer and critic Pamela Hutchinson discusses the life and career of actor Jean Arthur
• Lux Radio Theatre: ‘The Whole Town’s Talking’ (1941, 53 mins): vintage radio adaptation, starring Jim Jordan and Marian Jordan
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing