The Talk of the Town
“Three people who make life more exciting... love more precious... laughter more joyous!”
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.
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Talk of the Town performed
Budget
$1.0M
Worldwide Gross
$1.1M
Gross Profit
$100,000
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$158K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Leopold Dilg
Cary Grant
Leopold Dilg
Nora Shelley
Jean Arthur
Nora Shelley
Michael Lightcap
Ronald Colman
Michael Lightcap
Sam Yates
Edgar Buchanan
Sam Yates
Regina Bush
Glenda Farrell
Regina Bush
Andrew Holmes
Charles Dingle
Andrew Holmes
Mrs. Shelley
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Shelley
Tilney
Rex Ingram
Tilney
Jan Pulaski
Leonid Kinskey
Jan Pulaski
Clyde Bracken
Tom Tyler
Clyde Bracken
Police Chief
Don Beddoe
Police Chief
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
William Benedict
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
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