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.
Unfortunately the movie The Whole Town's Talking is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Jo Swerling | Screenplay |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Writing | Robert Riskin | Screenplay |
| Writing | W.R. Burnett | Story |
| Editing | Viola Lawrence | Editor |
| Camera | Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Eddie Donahoe | Assistant Director |
| Production | Lester Cowan | Producer |
| Production | John Ford | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Kalloch | Costume Design |
| Directing | Wilbur McGaugh | Assistant Director |
