The Talk of the Town (1942 film)

The Talk of the Town
Three's a Crowd
theatrical poster
Directed byGeorge Stevens
Screenplay byIrwin Shaw
Sidney Buchman
Dale Van Every (adaptation)
Story bySidney Harmon
Produced byGeorge Stevens
Fred Guiol
StarringCary Grant
Jean Arthur
Ronald Colman
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byOtto Meyer
Music byFriedrich Hollaender
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 20, 1942 (1942-08-20) (US)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1]
Box office$1.1 million (US rentals)[2]

The Talk of the Town is a 1942 American comedy-drama film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman, with a supporting cast featuring Edgar Buchanan and Glenda Farrell. The screenplay was written by Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman (adaptation by Dale Van Every) from a story by Sidney Harmon. The picture was released by Columbia Pictures. This was the second time that Grant and Arthur were paired in a film, after Only Angels Have Wings (1939).