The Talk of the Town (1942)
"Three people who make life more exciting... love more precious... laughter more joyous!"
ThumbScore
👍 86%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 89%
(RT: 89%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jean Arthur as Nora Shelley
Ronald Colman as Michael Lightcap
Edgar Buchanan as Sam Yates
Glenda Farrell as Regina Bush
Charles Dingle as Andrew Holmes
Emma Dunn as Mrs. Shelley
Rex Ingram as Tilney
Is The Talk of the Town good?
Yes. 86% audience score, estimated from 134 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 89%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
