Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, William Harrigan, Clay Clement ...( see more  see more... ) , Robert Gleckler

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 the crime; he fin...( read more  read more... )ds the stash and arrests her. Rival crooks Doc and Steve, who had already stolen the stolen jewels once, attempt to take them once again.

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G, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Sam Wood

Release Date: December 18, 1935

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  • April 28, 2009
    WHIPSAW: transitive verb to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents

    A man buys four very expensive pearls, not knowing that jewel thieves are plotting to steal them. The jewel thieves soon dis...( read more)cover that a crime syndicate wants a piece of their action. The crime syndicate doesn't know that the jewel thieves are plotting to double-cross them. The thieves enlist the help of a beautiful woman. The beautiful woman doesn't know that she's secretly transporting the stolen pearls. She meets up with a crook who agrees to help her escape the syndicate thugs that are following her. The crook is actually a federal agent. The agent doesn't know that the beautiful woman knows that he is a federal agent. The jewel thieves think they're fooling the syndicate who thinks they're fooling the beautiful woman who thinks she's fooling the federal agent who thinks he's fooling the beautiful woman and the wheel goes round and round and round and....

    I know this all sounds a bit convoluted, but in the end we're talking about Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. I don't know about you but I'd pay money to watch the two of them play checkers for an hour and a half.
  • December 4, 2008
    good stuff great cast

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