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Mar 26, 2024 · Posted on March 26, 2024 by Roger Moore. “The Talk of the Town” is a lightly-amusing, mildly-suspenseful, engagingly-acted and solidly-constructed comic melodrama, a pleasant enough time-killer from director George Stevens and featuring a rogueish Cary Grant, a charming and plucky Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman at his most urbane and droll.
The Talk of the Town: Directed by George Stevens. With Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan. An escaped prisoner has to prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with the help of a spirited school teacher.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- George Stevens
- 1942-08-20
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Roger Moore Movie Nation. Something of a mixed bag, a film with all the hallmarks of a classic but without the pace or the “touch” that might have...
Sep 10, 2012 · The comedy of social proprieties as the inevitable triangle raises its head is nicely played against discussions in which the two men bring each other to a new understanding of the law and its ...
Jun 15, 2023 · 57. The director Wes Anderson narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Jeffrey Wright. Focus Features. By Manohla Dargis. June 15, 2023. Asteroid City. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Wes...
- Wes Anderson
- 4 min
1942. 1 hr 58 mins. Comedy. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Best Picture nominee is a satire on legal ethics, involving a fugitive factory worker accused of arson and hiding in a schoolteacher's...
Sidney Harmon. Story. Reviews. Written by John Chard on July 1, 2019. Wrongfully jailed for arson, political activist Leopold Dilg escapes and takes refuge at the house of his childhood friend, Nora, unaware that she has recently rented it to a high-principled lawyer.
