MOVIE · 1942
The Talk of the Town
ComedyDramaRomanceThriller118 min
Accused of arson and murder, Leopold Dilg escapes jail and slips into the house of his childhood friend Nora Shelley, only to find she has rented the place to a stern law professor bound for the Supreme Court. Cary Grant is Dilg, hiding in plain sight as a gardener while Jean Arthur’s Nora tries to protect him and prove he was framed. Ronald Colman’s Michael Lightcap starts as an obstacle and becomes an uneasy ally, as the household turns into a tangle of legal argument, police scrutiny, and romantic rivalry.
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