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The Talk of the Town

1942·118 min

The Talk of the Town

Directed by George Stevens

ComedyDramaRomance

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

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Leopold Dilg

Nora Shelley

Michael Lightcap

Sam Yates

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Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

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Glenda Farrell

Regina Bush

Andrew Holmes

Mrs. Shelley

Tilney

Jan Pulaski

Clyde Bracken

Police Chief

William Benedict

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Mrs. Pulaski (uncredited)

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Donald Forrester (uncredited)

Secretary (uncredited)

Usher (uncredited)

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

McGuire (uncredited)

James Boyd (uncredited)

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The Talk of the Town (1942) is about hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

Who directed The Talk of the Town?

George Stevens directed The Talk of the Town (1942).

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