The Whole Towns Talking (1935)

Ordinary maninthestreet Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life Hes never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him One day everything changes he oversleeps and is fired as an example hes 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