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# The Talk of the Town (1942): cast and crew

30 cast and 14 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Cary Grant](https://film.one/person/cary-grant.md) as Leopold Dilg
- [Jean Arthur](https://film.one/person/jean-arthur.md) as Nora Shelley
- [Ronald Colman](https://film.one/person/ronald-colman.md) as Michael Lightcap
- [Edgar Buchanan](https://film.one/person/edgar-buchanan.md) as Sam Yates
- [Glenda Farrell](https://film.one/person/glenda-farrell.md) as Regina Bush
- [Charles Dingle](https://film.one/person/charles-dingle.md) as Andrew Holmes
- [Emma Dunn](https://film.one/person/emma-dunn.md) as Mrs. Shelley
- [Rex Ingram](https://film.one/person/rex-ingram.md) as Tilney
- [Leonid Kinskey](https://film.one/person/leonid-kinskey.md) as Jan Pulaski
- [Tom Tyler](https://film.one/person/tom-tyler.md) as Clyde Bracken
- [Don Beddoe](https://film.one/person/don-beddoe.md) as Police Chief
- [William Benedict](https://film.one/person/william-benedict.md) as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
- [Ferike Boros](https://film.one/person/ferike-boros.md) as Mrs. Pulaski (uncredited)
- Al Bridge as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- [Lloyd Bridges](https://film.one/person/lloyd-bridges.md) as Donald Forrester (uncredited)
- Leslie Brooks as Secretary (uncredited)
- Jack Carr as Usher (uncredited)
- [Gino Corrado](https://film.one/person/gino-corrado.md) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Joe Cunningham as McGuire (uncredited)
- [Clyde Fillmore](https://film.one/person/clyde-fillmore.md) as James Boyd (uncredited)
- Frank McLure as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- [Clarence Muse](https://film.one/person/clarence-muse.md) as Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited)
- Frank O'Connor as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Blanche Payson as Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)
- [Dewey Robinson](https://film.one/person/dewey-robinson.md) as Irate Man at Burned Mill (uncredited)
- Mabel Todd as Operator (uncredited)
- George Watts as Judge Grunstadt (uncredited)
- Lee 'Lasses' White as Hound Keeper (uncredited)
- Max Wagner as Moving Man (uncredited)
- Frank Mills as Townsman (uncredited)

## Directing

- [George Stevens](https://film.one/person/george-stevens.md): Director
- Norman Deming: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Irwin Shaw](https://film.one/person/irwin-shaw.md): Screenplay
- [Sidney Buchman](https://film.one/person/sidney-buchman.md): Screenplay
- Sidney Harmon: Story
- [Dale Van Every](https://film.one/person/dale-van-every.md): Adaptation

## Production

- [George Stevens](https://film.one/person/george-stevens.md): Producer
- Fred Guiol: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Ted Tetzlaff](https://film.one/person/ted-tetzlaff.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Otto Meyer](https://film.one/person/otto-meyer.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Morris Stoloff: Music Director
- [Friedrich Hollaender](https://film.one/person/friedrich-hollaender.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Lionel Banks: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Irene Lentz](https://film.one/person/irene.md): Costume Design

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