The Man Who Talked Too Much

The Man Who Talked Too Much

75 mins | Drama | July 16, 1940

A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 1940 crime melodrama stars George Brent, William Lundigan, Richard Barthelmess, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Henry Armetta, George Tobias, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Louis Jean Heydt, Clarence Kolb, Sam McDaniel and Mary Gordon.

The Man Who Talked Too Much

75 mins | Drama | July 16, 1940

The Man Who Talked Too Much
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 1940 crime melodrama stars George Brent, William Lundigan, Richard Barthelmess, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Henry Armetta, George Tobias, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Louis Jean Heydt, Clarence Kolb, Sam McDaniel and Mary Gordon.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers
Original title The Man Who Talked Too Much
Directors William Kissell, Vincent Sherman
Writers Walter DeLeon, Frank J. Collins, Earl Baldwin

Cast

George Brent

as Stephen Forbes

Virginia Bruce

as Joan Reed

Brenda Marshall

as Celia Farrady

Richard Barthelmess

as J.B. Roscoe

William Lundigan

as Johnny Forbes

George Tobias

as Slug McNutt

John Litel

as District Attorney Dickson

Henry Armetta

as Tony Spirella

Alan Baxter

as Joe Garland

David Bruce

as Gerald Wilson

Clarence Kolb

as E.A. Smith

Louis Jean Heydt

as Barton

Marc Lawrence

as Lefty Kyler

Edwin Stanley

as District Attorney Nelson

Dick Rich

as Pete

Phyllis Hamilton

as Myrtle

John Ridgely

as Brooks

William Forrest

as Federal District Attorney F.R. Greene

Maris Wrixon

as Roscoe's Secretary

Margaret Hayes

as Governor's Secretary