The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

118 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Aug. 20, 1942

When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.

The Talk of the Town

118 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Aug. 20, 1942

The Talk of the Town
When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Talk of the Town
Directors George Stevens
Writers Irwin Shaw, Sidney Harmon, Sidney Buchman

Cast

Cary Grant

as Leopold Dilg - Joseph

Jean Arthur

as Miss Nora Shelley

Ronald Colman

as Professor 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

Don Beddoe

as Police Chief

William Benedict

as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Ferike Boros

as Mrs. Pulaski (uncredited)

Al Bridge

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Lloyd Bridges

as Donald Forrester (uncredited)

Leslie Brooks

as Secretary (uncredited)

Jack Carr

as Usher (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Joe Cunningham

as McGuire (uncredited)

Clyde Fillmore

as Sen. James Boyd (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Clarence Muse

as Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Blanche Payson

as Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Irate Man at Burned Mill (uncredited)

Mabel Todd

as Operator (uncredited)

George Watts

as Judge Grunstadt (uncredited)

Lee 'Lasses' White

as Hound Keeper (uncredited)

Max Wagner

as Moving Man (uncredited)

Frank Mills

as Townsman (uncredited)