Pulp Fiction
1994 · Thriller · Crime
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Film / 1935
The Whole Town's Talking
Directed by
John Ford
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move …
The story
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
Cast
Edward G. RobinsonArthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Jean ArthurWilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Arthur HohlDet. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
James DonlanDetective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
Arthur ByronSpencer
Wallace FordHealy
Donald MeekHoyt
Etienne GirardotSeaver
Edward Brophy'Slugs' Martin
Paul Harvey'J.G.' Carpenter
J. Farrell MacDonaldPrison Warden (uncredited)
Ralph RemleySam Dixon
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