| | | Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Surround Sound, English, French, Subtitled
When a charming fugitive, a beautiful teacher, and a stuffy lawyer are forced to become roommates, their unconventional relationship is suddenly The Talk Of The Town in this madcap romantic comedy. When accused arsonist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) escapes jail, he hides out in the home of friend Nora (Jean Arthur). Posing as a gardener, Dilg teams up with Nora to convince her summer tenant, Supreme Court candidate Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman, Lost Horizon) that Dilg was framed. The zaniness never stops as the three of them dodge the cops, try to snag the real crooks and discover along the way that both men have fallen for Nora. But who has captured Nora's heart? Find out with The Talk Of The Town, a sparkling gem from Hollywood's Golden Age of Comedy, nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Keep a sharp eye out for Lloyd Bridges in an uncredited bit role as reporter Donald Forrester.
"Intelligent comedy with brilliant cast." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Unusual mix of comedy and drama, delightfully handled by three sympathetic stars." Halliwell's Film Guide
"Well-tuned and witty..." Newsweek
Editor's Note
George Stevens' last film with Cary Grant represents yet another hit in his string of classic comedies. Grant stars as Leopold Dilg, a political activist who is wrongly indicted for arson and murder when a factory worker dies in a mill fire in the town of Sweetbrook. Believing that he'll be executed if he remains in jail, he escapes and breaks into a cottage that schoolteacher Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur) is preparing for Professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Coleman), the dean of a law school. She allows Grant to stay in the attic, without alerting the professor. The next day, a reporter arrives to question Lightcap about Dilg's case, along with Sam Yates (Edgar Buchanan), Dilg's lawyer, who comes at Nora's behest. Since Yates and Lightcap know each other from law school, Yates asks Lightcap's help in defending his client, who he claims to have been framed. The professor refuses, intent on writing a legal treatise. Before Yates leaves, he persuades Nora to house Dilg, who she introduces to Lightcap as a gardener. Before long, the professor begins to realize that the gardener is well versed in the intricacies and inequities of the U.S. legal system. Stevens' entertaining romantic triangle, in which the atmosphere of legal debate is leavened by wit, and low comedy, is brilliantly played by all, especially an atypically dark and impulsive Grant. The director's characteristically deft touch with comic business is evident throughout the film.
Plot Summary
In this Hollywood classic, a perky young woman comes to the aid of a factory worker being tried for arson and murder. Hilarity, mishap and romance ensue.
| Features | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Korean | | Bonus Trailers | | Interactive Menus | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Video | | Remastered In High Definition | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 5/13/2008 |
| Running Time: 117 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1942 | | Catalog ID: 07809 | | UPC: 00043396078093 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1943) | | | Otto Meyer, Nominee, Best Film Editing | | | Ted Tetzlaff, Nominee, Best Black-And-White Cinematography | | | Lionel Banks, et al., Nominee, Best Art Direction: Interior Decoration, Black-And-White | | | Sidney Harmon, Nominee, Best Writing, Original Story | | | Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff, Nominee, Best Music: Scoring Of A Drama Or Comedy | | | Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman, Nominee, Best Writing: Screenplay |
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