Whipsaw (1935)
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Release Date: Dec 18, 1935 Wide
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Release Date: Dec 18, 1935 Wide
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Myrna Loy plays the glamorous member of a trio of jewel thieves. G-Man Spencer Tracy goes undercover to join the gang when it transports its stolen jewels from Paris to New York. Loy falls in love with Tracy, has a change of heart, and quits the gang. But Tracy arrests her all the same when he recovers the jewels. The girl forgives Tracy when the latter is wounded in a climactic gun battle with the rest of the thieves. Why, oh why, is this thing called Whipsaw? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Dec 18, 1935 Wide
Cast
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Spencer Tracy
Ross McBride -
Harvey Stephens
Ed Dexter -
William Harrigan
Doc Evans -
Clay Clement
Harry Ames -
Robert Gleckler
Steve Arnold -
Robert Warwick
Wadsworth -
Paul Stanton
Chief Hughes -
Wade Boteler
Humphries -
Don Rowan
Curly -
John Qualen
Dobson -
Irene Franklin
Mme. Marie -
Lillian Leighton
Aunt Jane -
J. Anthony Hughes
Bailey -
William Ingersoll
Dr. Williams -
Charles Irwin
Larry King -
Wallis Clark
Claymore -
Charles Coleman
Doorman -
Frances Gregg
Nurse -
Howard Hickman
Hotel Clerk -
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Myrna Loy
Vivian Palmer -
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Cyril McLaglen
Detective -
Bert Moorhouse
Reporter -
William Pawley
Patrolman -
Edward Peil Sr.
Bartender -
Georges Renavent
Monetta -
John Sheehan
Joe -
Carl Stockdale
Farmer -
William Wagner
Waiter -
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Whipsaw is a movie that isn't bad, but when watching it I got the feeling that it missed its calling as a screwball comedy. I wouldn't compare it to a Rhodes scholar flipping burgers but maybe more like a pro-wrestler working as a gym teacher. Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy for the most part have the chemistry necessary to pull Whipsaw off. She's cute and Tracy has a few funny moments. Again, Whipsaw isn't a bad movie but definitely a misplaced one. But when you're done watching it you'll realize why you don't hear the title Whipsaw associated with either of these actors.
August 10, 2009
Super Reviewer
WHIPSAW: transitive verb to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents
A man buys four very expensive pearls, not knowing that jewel thieves are plotting to steal them. The jewel thieves soon discover that a crime syndicate wants a piece of their action. The crime syndicate doesn't know that the jewel thieves are plotting to double-cross them. The thieves enlist the help of a beautiful woman. The beautiful woman doesn't know that she's secretly transporting the stolen pearls. She meets up with a crook who agrees to help her escape the syndicate thugs that are following her. The crook is actually a federal agent. The agent doesn't know that the beautiful woman knows that he is a federal agent. The jewel thieves think they're fooling the syndicate who thinks they're fooling the beautiful woman who thinks she's fooling the federal agent who thinks he's fooling the beautiful woman and the wheel goes round and round and round and....
I know this all sounds a bit convoluted, but in the end we're talking about Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. I don't know about you but I'd pay money to watch the two of them play checkers for an hour and a half.
A man buys four very expensive pearls, not knowing that jewel thieves are plotting to steal them. The jewel thieves soon discover that a crime syndicate wants a piece of their action. The crime syndicate doesn't know that the jewel thieves are plotting to double-cross them. The thieves enlist the help of a beautiful woman. The beautiful woman doesn't know that she's secretly transporting the stolen pearls. She meets up with a crook who agrees to help her escape the syndicate thugs that are following her. The crook is actually a federal agent. The agent doesn't know that the beautiful woman knows that he is a federal agent. The jewel thieves think they're fooling the syndicate who thinks they're fooling the beautiful woman who thinks she's fooling the federal agent who thinks he's fooling the beautiful woman and the wheel goes round and round and round and....
I know this all sounds a bit convoluted, but in the end we're talking about Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. I don't know about you but I'd pay money to watch the two of them play checkers for an hour and a half.
February 8, 2009
Randy Tippy
Super Reviewer
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