Disorderly Conduct (1932)

Directed by John W. Considine, Jr.

An honest cop who arrests a corrupt politician’s daughter for speeding, Tracy soon finds himself a pawn of the corrupt system: Persecuted, demoted and demoralized, he lapses and faces the danger of becoming just another crooked cop. By contrast with his mobster and small-time crook roles, here Tracy essays the part of a man concerned with duty and morality, a strand that would infuse most of his succeeding career.

Fox Film Corp. Screenwriter: Del Andrews, William Anthony McGuire. Cinematographer: Ray June. Editor: Frank Hull. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sally Eilers, El Brendel, Dickie Moore, Ralph Bellamy.

35mm, b/w, 82 min.