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Subtitles in the following languages: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
Running time: 112 mins approx.
Dolby Digital sound (mono).
Aspect Ratio: 1:1.33 (4 x 3 fullscreen).
Black & white.
Running time: 112 mins approx.
Dolby Digital sound (mono).
Aspect Ratio: 1:1.33 (4 x 3 fullscreen).
Black & white.
Synopsis
A charming fugitive, a beautiful teacher and a stuffy lawyer, forced to become roommates, are rumor-mill fodder in this madcap romantic farce.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Leopold Dilg (played by Cary Grant, but where did they get that name?), a small town malcontent and challenger to the status quo, is framed for arson. Seeking to hide out in the home of Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur), he finds that he must hide from the new renter, Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman). Luck seems to be on his side when it turns out that Lightcap is a famous legal scholar and Supreme Court nominee. However, Lightcap likes his law cold and academic. What will it take to both melt Lightcap and free Dilg? [Black and white, created in 1942, with a running time of 1 hour, 58 minutes.]
What a great movie! The cover for the tape looks like Mount Rushmore, and that is no exaggeration. Cary Grant AND Ronald Colman, who could ask for more? The story is humorous is a subtle way, and just as subtly romantic. This movie doesn't hit you over the head, but strongly looks at the use and abuse of the law in the United States. There is nothing objectionable in this movie, so you can watch it with small children, though it will probably prove too slow moving for them.
I recommend this movie absolutely!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The Talk of the Town is directed by George Stevens, who co-produces with Fred Guiol, and adapted by Dale Van Every, Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman from a story by Sidney Harmon. It stars Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Rex Ingram and Edgar Buchanan.
Leopold Dilg (Grant), a radical and political thinking man, is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the subsequent fire. On trial for his life, he decides to escape from jail and makes his way to the home of his school day friend Nora Shelley (Arthur). However, his timing couldn't be worse, for Nora has taken in a tenant for the summer, a law professor, Michael Lightcap (Colman). Passing him off as the gardener, Nora has to hope that Lightcap doesn't cop on to Dilg being an escaped prisoner. But with both men feeling each other out, and both having designs on Nora, something is going to have to give.
Tho nominated in seven Academy Award categories, The Talk of the Town won none. Perhaps more surprisingly is that of those seven nominations, none were for acting or direction. Surprising because the film is impeccably acted and smoothly directed. It was, however, rightly nominated for Best Picture (it lost out to William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver) and was a big smash at the box office. Where the public quickly warmed to its blend of comedy with intelligent politico musings. The set up is safe, a potential love triangle, with the three leads playing off each other sublimely, is nicely played out whilst the two men partake in discussions about the law, its applications and its worth. While the comedy that comes in fits and starts, is not so much of the screwball variety, but more ebullience born out of beautifully written sequences. Some argue that the plot is heavily reliant on contrivances (how many 40s comedies aren't?), I say that is easily forgiven given the quality on show across the board. 8/10
Leopold Dilg (Grant), a radical and political thinking man, is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the subsequent fire. On trial for his life, he decides to escape from jail and makes his way to the home of his school day friend Nora Shelley (Arthur). However, his timing couldn't be worse, for Nora has taken in a tenant for the summer, a law professor, Michael Lightcap (Colman). Passing him off as the gardener, Nora has to hope that Lightcap doesn't cop on to Dilg being an escaped prisoner. But with both men feeling each other out, and both having designs on Nora, something is going to have to give.
Tho nominated in seven Academy Award categories, The Talk of the Town won none. Perhaps more surprisingly is that of those seven nominations, none were for acting or direction. Surprising because the film is impeccably acted and smoothly directed. It was, however, rightly nominated for Best Picture (it lost out to William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver) and was a big smash at the box office. Where the public quickly warmed to its blend of comedy with intelligent politico musings. The set up is safe, a potential love triangle, with the three leads playing off each other sublimely, is nicely played out whilst the two men partake in discussions about the law, its applications and its worth. While the comedy that comes in fits and starts, is not so much of the screwball variety, but more ebullience born out of beautifully written sequences. Some argue that the plot is heavily reliant on contrivances (how many 40s comedies aren't?), I say that is easily forgiven given the quality on show across the board. 8/10
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Three of the most charming stars - Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman -
ever to grace the screen, combine, without any scene-stealing, to make Talk of the Town
an essential addition to any classic movie collection.
The screenplay - by Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman is word perfect,
the pace is fast, and the performances are as good as anything this trio of talent did
during their careers.
Director George Stevens must be given full recognition for the way he handled a genre that
he'd virtually abandoned by the late 1940s.
ever to grace the screen, combine, without any scene-stealing, to make Talk of the Town
an essential addition to any classic movie collection.
The screenplay - by Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman is word perfect,
the pace is fast, and the performances are as good as anything this trio of talent did
during their careers.
Director George Stevens must be given full recognition for the way he handled a genre that
he'd virtually abandoned by the late 1940s.
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waste of 112 minutes!
Was carried away by the fact that Ronald Colman and Cary Grant was in this film, it was slow, wooden and boring to watch, with such a flimsy storyline, Still I can always give it... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. P. Robinson
Watch it over and over
With such a disparate triumvirate of leading actors as Grant, Arthur and Colman it is perhaps surprising that this gels as sublimely as it does. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Shmorganzola
One of Cary's best
Considering I had not even heard of this film before I bought it, it has quickly become one of my favourite Grant films, and I've seen a lot of them! Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Henry
Old but still entertaining.
It may be black and white and made in 1942 but it is still worth buying. It makes a change from the modern films with all their gadgetry etc. Just easy watching. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010
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