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20 August 1942 (USA)
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Screen comedy so gay... drama so thrilling... love so exciting, it will be the talk of YOUR town!
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An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 7 Oscars.
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A Love Triangle involving Three Intellectuals
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Cary Grant | ... | Leopold Dilg - Joseph |
 | Jean Arthur | ... | Miss Nora Shelley |
 | Ronald Colman | ... | Professor Michael Lightcap |
 | Edgar Buchanan | ... | Sam Yates |
| Glenda Farrell | ... | Regina Bush |
| Charles Dingle | ... | Andrew Holmes |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Shelley |
| Rex Ingram | ... | Tilney |
| Leonid Kinskey | ... | Jan Pulaski |
| Tom Tyler | ... | Clyde Bracken |
| Don Beddoe | ... | Police Chief |
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George Stevens' The Talk of the Town (USA) (complete title)
Mister Twilight (USA) (working title)
The Gentleman Misbehaves (USA) (working title)
Three's a Crowd (USA) (working title)
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Mister Twilight (USA) (working title)
The Gentleman Misbehaves (USA) (working title)
Three's a Crowd (USA) (working title)
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118 min
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Sound chief John P. Livadary was dissatisfied with the sound recorded for the rain scene, so he substituted it with the track used for the rain scene in Only Angels Have Wings (1939).
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Quotes:
Leopold Dilg:
With these indoor habits of yours, you've got the complexion of a gravel pit.
Michael Lightcap: You know, Joseph, you're no oil painting yourself.
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Michael Lightcap: You know, Joseph, you're no oil painting yourself.
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.68)" (2005)
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This movie, "The Talk of the Town" is George Steven's only serious comedy. He copies Frank Capra's theme of the common man against big business and big government and he makes a home run. The casting was supreb from the three leads to all the supporting cast in the smallest of roles.
This is Jean Arthur's most romantic movie where she must decide who to love. It's a great ending. She gets kind, adult talk with the most romantic kiss from one of her co-stars. It's a shame they don't make love scenes like this today. Today they are into graphic love scenes. Besides, you get a history and moral lesson on ethics in business and government.