Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
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- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
Keywords
- gangster
- mistaken identity
- look-alike
- body double
- screwball comedy
- milquetoast
- mistaken arrest
- trading places
- wanted criminal
- doppelganger
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Top Cast
Edward G. Robinson as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones
Jean Arthur as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Arthur Hohl as Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
James Donlan as Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
Arthur Byron as Spencer
Wallace Ford as Healy
Donald Meek as Hoyt
Etienne Girardot as Seaver
Top Crew
John Ford · Director
Jo Swerling · Screenplay
Robert Riskin · Screenplay
W.R. Burnett · Story
Joseph H. August · Cinematographer
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