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Actors: Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, William Harrigan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Whipsaw |
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Whipsaw stars Myrna Loy as Vivian Palmer, one third of a group of thieves. The movie opens up with Robert W. Wadsworth buying the worlds most expensive pearls worth an estimated one million dollars from a dealer in Paris. Meanwhile, Ed Dexter (Harvey Stephens) is planing to steal the pearls. But another set of thugs wants to muscle in on Dexter's action. Wadsworth gets on a boat from France to New York and once he lands in New York the Pearls are stolen by Dexter. Wadsworth goes to the Police and Ross McBride (Spencer Tracy) goes under cover to find out where the Pearls are. McBride stages a phone scene in a bar to try and gain the confidence of Vivian in hopes that she will lead the police to the pearls. The plan works and McBride is soon escorting Vivian out of New York on a flight leaving Newark. The problem for both McBride and Vivian is that the thugs have been watching her night and day in the same hopes Vivian will lead them to the pearls. But along the both Vivian and McBride fall in love and through it all they stick by each other.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Whipsaw |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- being chased by crooks who want treasure/$$$$
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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