williwaw George Stevens was a great director and this film is one of his best comedies. Filmed at Columbia and using its biggest star Jean Arthur, it is a delightful film. Cary Grant and Ronald Colman two of the finest actors of the Golden Age fill out the cast. One is amazed at the chemistry of the trio. Colman and Arthur to me had the most beautiful speaking voices of any actor and actress. Ever! Cary Grant is superb in this film and to me the perfect leading man. Years later Cary Grant would remake Ms Arthur's greatest hit The More The Merrier as Walk Don't Run and then retire.Ms. Arthur's bio said she was born in 1908 but was really born in 1900 and thus 42 years old when this film was produced. Jean Arthur looked wonderful and stylish and oh that voice. Ms. Arthur at Columbia starred in many hits such as Mr Smith Goes To Washington, Only Angels Have Wings, The More The Merrier and Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. Amazing body of work yet Ms. Arthur felt harassed by Harry Cohn of Columbia and partially due to his treatment Ms. Arthur retreated to Carmel and a reclusive life. Ms. Arthur would reunite one more time with Stevens in the magnificent western Shane at Paramount.In her great career Ms. Arthur was directed by Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Stevens, Howeard Hawks and co star with John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Rita Hayworth Ronald Colman, Alan Ladd, Marlene Dietrich, Joel McCrea, among many other's. Great Star.

DKosty123 The plot of this movie is quite easy to follow. An up and coming Supreme Court Judge and Law Professor get a dual lesson in law and how it can be abused prior to taking the bench. George Stevens stays the course Directing this and amazingly treads the line between Comedy and Drama. This is not a line that is easy to follow.Ronald Coleman actually steals this film from Cary Grant in many of the sequences. Jean Arthur is about as good as in any film she ever did and she did some good ones. The hardest part to understand of this film is the ending where Arthur chooses Grant over Coleman. The really is not the basis for that in the story. Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe of the Shady Rest Hotel on Petticoat Junction) leads a solid supporting cast. Dilge (Grant) is the subject of a man hunt from the beginning of the film until the end. Arthur spends the film hiding him though exactly why is not real clear. The script seems to assume she is in love with him before he is arrested. Coleman is the law professor who is there to write a book before going to the Supreme Court, He is the outsider who gets pulled into the web that Arthur and Buchanan are orchestrating trying to protect Dilge and not tell Coleman who he is while at the same time trying to convince him that Dilge is being railroaded by a fanatic justice system without evidence.It's a crazy law lesson that once seen, is not easily forgotten.

FilmRap How was the country diverting itself from heart wrenching reports from the battle front of early World War II ? Going to the movies was one way and in 1942 that might mean seeing this movie, which was nominated for 6 Academy awards including Best Picture. Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is being accused of burning down the town factory when all he did was speak out against the bad conditions there. Professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Coleman), a legal scholar who is destined for the Supreme Court, happens to be in town and is planning to rent Miss Nora Shelley's (Jean Arthur) house where Dilg is hiding out after he broke out of jail when he realized he wasn't going to get a fair trial since the owner of the factory (who it turns out arranged the fire) has turned the local town into a blood thirsty mob out for Dilg. At first it looks like it is going to be light comedy with hiding, close calls, police and blood hounds almost catching the fugitive and then it seems to be turning into a law and order theme. When Dilg pretends he is Joseph the gardener, he and Lightcap actually get to know each other and really like each other. In fact, these two men have a strong bonding as did Lightcap and his black man servant (Rex Ingram) who shed a few tears when his boss was going to shave his beard. As touching as this man to man stuff may have been, it is clear that the real romantic feelings are coming from Miss Shelley (attractive lovable wide-eyed Arthur). She is falling in love but it really isn't clear which of these leading men it might be with. The finale of the movie while somewhat overly dramatic has s a moving speech by Lightcap (as Coleman really gets into it) and he emotionally reminds everyone about the American form of justice (and without saying it is reminding everyone in the audience about one of the reason that we were fighting the war). There was the final touch where we almost don't know who Miss Shelley is going to end up with (could this be the first time Cary Grant doesn't win the girl?) and all ends well. FilmRap.net

Jenna I was reminded of this movie when I saw Big and Carrie watching it in Sex and the City 2. I don't know if anyone would still be talking about this movie if Cary Grant wasn't in it. He was the reason I watched it when it was on Turner Classic Movies. I was excited to see that he was paired with Ronald Coleman, whose dry British manner I had enjoyed on the Jack Benny show. What's more, it starts out fun. Coleman plays an esteemed judge prospective boarder in Jean Arthur's home while she is trying to hide Grant, a Marxist fugitive, in her attic. Coleman's attempts to maintain civility as Arthur's odd behavior drives him insane are a delight to watch – think Bringing Up Baby. As soon as Coleman meets Grant, the fun romp grinds to a halt as the two engage in dull debates about the nature of justice. The film also becomes confusing as Coleman and Grant seem more in love with each other than either is with Jean Arthur, even as they compete for her affections. She was one other reason I had trouble enjoying this film, as I find her voice grating. Talk of the Town doesn't hold up. It's attempts at humor, romance, and social commentary fall flat. Too bad really – I've always like the two male leads.