People Will Talk
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| Directed by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Written by | Curt Goetz Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Starring | Cary Grant Jeanne Crain Hume Cronyn Finlay Currie Walter Slezak Sidney Blackmer |
| Cinematography | Milton Krasner |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1951 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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People Will Talk is a 1951 20th Century Fox film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from a screenplay by Mankiewicz, based on the play by Curt Goetz. It stars Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain, with supporting performances by Hume Cronyn, Finlay Currie, Walter Slezak, and Sidney Blackmer. An intelligent, if somewhat talky, comedy in the Mankiewicz style, People Will Talk was unusual for its day in its adult themes.
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[edit] Plot
Grant is Noah Praetorius, a doctor with unorthodox but effective methods of treating patients. Crain portrays an unmarried pregnant woman, who Dr. Praetorius first treats and later marries. Cronyn plays Dr. Elwell, an envious colleague of Dr. Praetorius, who attempts to discredit him before a board of review.
[edit] Quotes
Dr. Elwell: Do you deny that at that time, your patients were under the impression that you were a butcher, and not a doctor?
Dr. Praetorius: Do you prefer the impression given to their patients by so many of our colleagues that they are doctors, and not butchers?
[edit] Award nomination
People Will Talk was nominated for the Writers Guild of America screen Award for Best Written American Comedy (Joseph L. Mankiewicz).
