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Arthur Jones impiegato modello, scopre di assomigliare in maniera impressionante a un pericoloso criminale, Mannion. Quando questi evade la polizia arresta Jones e lo rilascia solo grazie all’intervento del suo capoufficio. Mannion, approfittando della somiglianza, si sostituisce a Jones per compiere impunemente i suoi delitti ma, grazie a uno stratagemma e al coraggio di Jones, verrà ucciso dai suoi stessi uomini. Ford fonde con estrema abilità il gangster film, rappresentato fisicamente da Edward G. Robinson, con la commedia. Ne esce un film brillante e sarcastico che gioca sulla rassomiglianza e sulla confusione delle apparenze.
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The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
93 min
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.