People Will Talk

People Will Talk
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph L. Mankiewicz
Written byJoseph L. Mankiewicz
Based onFrauenarzt Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
1932 play
by Curt Goetz
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
StarringCary Grant
Jeanne Crain
Finlay Currie
Hume Cronyn
Walter Slezak
Sidney Blackmer
Basil Ruysdael
Katherine Locke
CinematographyMilton Krasner
Edited byBarbara McLean
Music byAlfred Newman (musical direction)
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release date
  • August 29, 1951 (1951-08-29)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.1 million (U.S./Canadian rentals)

People Will Talk is a 1951 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The screenplay is based on the play Frauenarzt Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius by Curt Goetz, which had previously been adapted for the screen in the German film Doctor Praetorius (1950). The film stars Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Hume Cronyn, Finlay Currie, Walter Slezak and Sidney Blackmer.

Mankiewicz's screenplay was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy.