Whipsaw (1936)
Directed by Sam Wood
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama, Melodrama |
Release Date - Dec 18, 1935 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 78 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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?
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thief, federal-agent, pursuit, undercover, shoot-out, jewel, hostage, loot, arrest