Whipsaw (film)

Whipsaw
Theatrical release poster by William Rose
Directed bySam Wood
Screenplay byHoward Emmett Rogers
Based onThe Whipsaw
1934 story in Liberty
by James Edward Grant
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byBasil Wrangell
Music byWilliam Axt
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • December 18, 1935 (1935-12-18) (US)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$238,000[1][2]
Box office$965,000[1][2]

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.

  1. ^ a b Curtis, James (2011). Spencer Tracy: A Biography. London: Hutchinson. p. 272.
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library Center for Motion Picture Study.