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Director:
Writers:
Sidney Harmon (story)
Dale Van Every (adaptation)
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Release Date:
20 August 1942 (USA) more
Tagline:
Screen comedy so gay... drama so thrilling... love so exciting, it will be the talk of YOUR town!
Plot:
An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 7 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Funny, thoughtful, what more do you want? more (41 total)
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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Also Known As:
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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118 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Australia:PG (TV rating) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved
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A radio theatre presentation of The Talk of the Town (1942) was broadcast on CBS radio on the Lux Radio Theatre on 5/17/1943; with Cary Grant, Ronald Colman and Jean Arthur recreating their roles from the movie. It's a 60 minute adaptation of the movie. more
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Leopold Dilg: Well, it's a form of self-expression. Some people write books. Some people write music. I make speeches on street corners. more
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.68)" (2005) more
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I don't understand why this movie isn't more popular or regarded as a classic in the canon of early Hollywood movies. All the stars are wonderful in their roles, but Ronald Coleman is fantastic as an ivory tower jurist who is forced to rethink his philosophy. Maybe Claude Rains could have played this part, but without the subtly sarcastic bemusement that Coleman brings.
Maybe because it can't be categorized definitely as a screwball comedy or a "serious" movie, it has been overlooked. I found it much funnier than "Bringing Up Baby" for example, even though "Talk" is a great deal more serious and introspective.
A lot of the suspense that might have been put into the story was bled out by the philosophical approach that the movie takes. Every potentially suspenseful situation that could have been played out for at least half of the movie is extinguished within fifteen minutes at the most. But that's part of the fun! It gets rolling, and you can't quite tell where it's going all of the time. Watching Cary Grant mug suavely and Jean Arthur speak like she's ad-libbing, you just have to sit back and enjoy it. It's not interested in manipulating its audience, it's actually trying to present real characters in a compelling story. I loved it!