Synopsis
People Will Talk (1951) is Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sly comedy-drama, ready to watch online on iFILM. Cary Grant stars as Dr. Noah Praetorius, a physician convinced you treat the patient, not the disease.
Praetorius lectures, conducts the student orchestra on the side and lives oddly enough to set tongues wagging. When he meets Deborah — young, pregnant and at the edge — he steps in to protect her. Meanwhile a jealous anatomy professor, Elwell, starts digging into the doctor's murky past, hoping to wreck him. Jeanne Crain and Hume Cronyn round out the cast.
Written and directed by Mankiewicz fresh off his back-to-back Oscar years, the film hides a jab at informers and witch-hunts under its romantic surface — pointed stuff for early-1950s America. Talky, witty and humane, it is for anyone who loves smart classic Hollywood. Stream People Will Talk online on iFILM.
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