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People Will Talk (1951)

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Release Date: Aug 29, 1951 Wide

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People Will Talk was less a movie than a conduit for the genteel liberalism of screenwriter/director Joseph M. Mankiewicz. Cary Grant plays Dr. Praetorius, an unorthodox medical professor at a sedate midwestern college who seems more interested in the human soul than in the cold facts of the human body. Praetorius' nemesis is a conservative rival doctor (Hume Cronyn) who presses for an investigation of our hero's clouded past--with special emphasis given the mysterious old man (Finlay Currie)

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Written By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

In Theaters: Aug 29, 1951 Wide

On DVD: Jan 6, 2004

Twentieth Century Fox

Cast

Cary Grant
Dr. Noah Praetorius
Jeanne Crain
Debbie Higgins
Finlay Currie
Shunderson
Hume Cronyn
Prof. Elwell
Walter Slezak
Prof. Barker
Sidney Blackmer
Arthur Higgins
Basil Ruysdael
Dean Lyman Brockwell
Katherine Locke
Miss James
Will Wright
John Higgins
Margaret Hamilton
Miss Pickett
Esther Somers
Mrs. Pegwhistle
Carleton Young
Technician
Ray Montgomery
Doctor
Joe Gilbert
Nurse
Ann Morrison
Dietician
Julia Dean
Old Lady
Gail Bonney
Secretary
William R. Klein
Student Manager
George Offerman
Haskins
Adele Longmire
Mabel
Billy House
Coonan
Al Murphy
Photographer
Parley Baer
Toy Salesman
Irene Seidner
Cook
Joyce Mackenzie
Gussie
Maude Wallace
Night Matron
Kay Lavelle
Bella
Stuart Holmes
Board Member
Jack Kelly
Paul Lees
Billy Mauch
Lawrence Dobkin
Business Manager
Ted Offenbecker
Haskins

Critic Reviews for People Will Talk

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Mankiewicz's chatty and dyspeptic liberal response to Senator McCarthy's witch hunting days.

January 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Brilliant, brilliantly subversive anti-McCarthy comedy

November 5, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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A very touching drama and a funny comedy. Plus is stars Cary Grant in another great humorous role. I liked this movie, and if you're a fan of Grant, you'll like it too.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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What a bizarre film. No, really. The first time I tried to watch it, I gave up about 30 minutes in. I tried again and got through it but was man, it was strange. This is most certainly NOT a romantic comedy of any kind and there is a kind of split interest going on here, Grant's relationship with Crain and Grant's

January 23, 2010