Whipsaw

Whipsaw (1935)

Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.

Data de estreia
1935-12-18
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (16)
Duração
1 h 22 min
Géneros
Crime, Drama
Realizador
Sam Wood

Elenco

Curiosidades

Whipsaw is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. Written by Howard Emmett Rogers, based on a story by James Edward Grant, the film is about a government agent working undercover traveling across the country with an unsuspecting woman, hoping she will lead him to her gang of jewel thieves. The film was produced by Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was released on December 18, 1935, in the United States.

Production

Initially the film was intended for the duo William Powell and Myrna Loy. When Powell proved unavailable, Spencer Tracy was called in.

Originally, the title of this movie was Unexpected Bride.

Shooting dates were October 22 to November 20, 1935.

In one scene, Myrna Loy appears without makeup, her hair unkempt. MGM executive E.J. Mannix chastised cinematographer James Wong Howe for shooting her that way, as MGM had spent a bankroll glamorizing Loy. Finally the scene was cut.

It was noted that Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy had an affair during the shooting, in the greatest secrecy. It was the first film of the two actors together. In her autobiography, Loy stated that Tracy, who had fallen in love with her, had harassed her during the filming. Rumors are that they had been romantically linked to the end of the filming, to resume a year later in Libeled Lady. Loy and Tracy would hide their affair.

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