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The Talk of the Town(Movie, 1942)

1h 58min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
The Talk of the TownRating: 3.7/5 (with 3737 votes)
The Talk of the Town is a 1942 American comedy-drama film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman, with a supporting cast featuring Edgar Buchanan and Glenda Farrell. The screenplay was written by Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman (adaptation by Dale Van Every) from a story by Sidney Harmon. The picture was released by Columbia Pictures. This was the second time that Grant and Arthur were paired in a film, after Only Angels Have Wings (1939). ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Talk of the Town

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

About The Talk of the Town

When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.

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The Talk of the Town (1942) Sun-12-Aug at 4:40pm / Sat-18-Aug at 1pm(Trailer, 1:32)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 13 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/20/1942
Director: George Stevens
Film Editor: Otto Meyer
Director of Photography: Ted Tetzlaff
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Tres contra todos"
"E a Vida Continua"
"Hän tuli yöllä"
"Anthropini dikaiosyni"
"A csintalan úriember"
"Un evaso ha bussato alla mia porta"
"Het gesprek van de stad"
"Glosy miasta"
"O Assunto do Dia"
"Весь город говорит"
"Han kom om natten"
"Dillere Destan"
"George Stevens' The Talk of the Town"
"Mister Twilight"
"The Gentleman Misbehaves"
"Three's a Crowd"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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