Whipsaw

Name: Whipsaw
Genre: Drama
Released: 1935-12-18
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens

19351935
PassedPassed
1h 22m

6.7/10

653

Drama

Hoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.Hoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.Hoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.

6.7/10

653

Director
- Sam Wood
Writers
- Howard Emmett Rogers(screen play)
- James Edward Grant(from the story by)
- Robert Chapin(uncredited)
Stars

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Myrna Loy, Charles Coleman, and Robert Gleckler in Whipsaw (1935)

Director
- Sam Wood
Writers
- Howard Emmett Rogers(screen play)
- James Edward Grant(from the story by)
- Robert Chapin(uncredited)
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Vivian, Ed and Harry steal jewels in Paris. In New York government agent McBride accompanies Vivian riding across the country with the loot. She falls in love with him and gives up crime; he finds the stash and arrests her. Rival crooks Doc and Steve, who had already stolen the stolen jewels once, attempt to take them once again. —Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

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Taglines
- Here She is at Last!...Laughing, Loving, Wise-Cracking Again as She Kisses a Stranger and Romps Away on the Merriest, Maddest Romantic Adventure You've Ever Seen!
Genre
- Drama
Certificate
- Passed
Parents guide
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Trivia
MGM executive E.J. Mannix chastised cinematographer James Wong Howe for filming Myrna Loy with mussy hair when she awakens at John Qualen's house, since MGM spent millions glamorizing their star. The scene is in the Turner library print.

Goofs
The doctor shows up at the remote farmhouse carrying just the typical doctor's bag. However, after the birth, both Vivian and the doctor appear wearing surgical caps and full-length gowns.

Quotes
Ross 'Mac' McBride aka Danny Ross Ackerman: Will you quit worrying about those guys? You'd think you were traveling with a cripple or an interior decorator!

Connections
Referenced in Hollywood Hist-o-Rama: Myrna Loy (1961)

Top review

Star Power Can't Overcome Contrived Plot

There are some good scenes but in general there's a forced contrivance to the playing, and the action scenes are amateurish. The plot of jewel thieves is preposterous and annoyingly depicted. Tracy and Loy are good as always but not enough to overcome a general feeling of lifelessness. However, John Qualen appears about 2/3 through and adds a spark by breathing life into the country-farmer cliche.

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