Directed by John G. Blystone
Regular guy William (Tracy) loves Jane (Bennett) but she’s seeking a millionaire lover. When she actually ropes one, William’s predictions of disaster prove more than justified as hedonistic Roger menaces and intimidates Jane with vile sado-masochistic suggestions. What’s significant here is Tracy’s self-sacrificing character: Oddly passive in an otherwise steamy plot, William is an intriguing precursor to future roles that call on Tracy’s stolid nobility.
Fox Film Corp. Producer: John W. Considine, Jr. Based on a story by Sonya Levien. Screenwriter: William Anthony McGuire. Cinematographer: John F. Seitz. Editor: Louis Loeffler. Cast: Joan Bennett, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, James Kirkwood, Dorothy Peterson.
35mm, b/w, 74 min.
