Disorderly Conduct (film)

Disorderly Conduct
Directed byJohn W. Considine Jr.
Written byWilliam Anthony McGuire
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringSpencer Tracy
Sally Eilers
Ralph Bellamy
CinematographyRay June
Music byGeorge Lipschultz
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 20, 1932 (1932-03-20)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000[1]
Box office$427,659 (US rentals)[2]

Disorderly Conduct is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by John W. Considine Jr. starring Spencer Tracy, Sally Eilers and Ralph Bellamy. It was the seventh picture Tracy made under his contract with Fox Film Corporation, and the first to make a profit since his debut Up the River.[3][4]

Mordaunt Hall, in his review for The New York Times, praised the film's "racy dialogue and highly commendable performances", but bemoaned the "strained and implausible" story.[5]

  1. ^ James Curtis, Spencer Tracy: A Biography. London: Hutchinson, 2011; ISBN 0-09-178524-3. p. 173
  2. ^ Curtis, p. 176
  3. ^ Curtis, James (2011). Spencer Tracy: A Biography. London: Hutchinson. p. 176.
  4. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Disorderly Conduct. Accessed May 17, 2024.
  5. ^ Hall, Mordaunt (April 11, 1932). "Disorderly Conduct (1932) Spencer Tracy, as a Motorcycle Policeman, Is a Victim of Politicians and Bootleggers in Roxy Offering". The New York Times. Retrieved December 18, 2011.