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The Whole Town's Talking
Why this pick
Like A Slight Case of Murder, it turns a gangster mix-up into brisk, Depression-era farce, with an ordinary man forced into comic proximity with the criminal world.
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MOVIE1938 1h 25m USA
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Why this pick
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Arsenic and Old Lace
Why this pick
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The Ladykillers
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Willard Parker
State Trooper Dick Whitewood
Paul Harvey
Mr. Whitewood
Bobby Jordan
Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
Joe Downing
Innocence
Jeanne Benedict
Remy's Secretary
Bert Roach
Speakeasy Proprietor
George E. Stone
Kirk
Edward G. Robinson
Remy Marko