Disorderly Conduct (film)

Disorderly Conduct
Publicity still with Spencer Tracy and Dickie Moore
Directed by	John W. Considine Jr.
Written by	William Anthony McGuire
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Spencer Tracy Sally Eilers Ralph Bellamy
Cinematography	Ray June
Music by	George Lipschultz
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	March 20, 1932 (1932-03-20)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$300,000 [1]
Box office	$427,659 (US rentals) [2]

Disorderly Conduct is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by John W. Considine Jr. starring Spencer Tracy, Sally Eilers and Ralph Bellamy. It was the seventh picture Tracy made under his contract with Fox Film Corporation, and the first to make a profit since his debut Up the River . ^{[3] [4]}

Mordaunt Hall, in his review for The New York Times , praised the film's "racy dialogue and highly commendable performances", but bemoaned the "strained and implausible" story. ^[5]

Plot

A policeman becomes involved with a young woman after clashing with her politician father.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy as Dick Fay
• Sally Eilers as Phyllis Crawford
• El Brendel as Olsen
• Dickie Moore as Jimmy
• Ralph Bellamy as Captain Tom Manning
• Ralph Morgan as James Crawford
• Alan Dinehart as Fletcher
• Frank Conroy as Tony Alsotto
• Cornelius Keefe as Stallings
• Geneva Mitchell as Phoebe Darnton
• Sally Blane as Helen Burke
• Nora Lane as Gwen Fiske
• Charley Grapewin as Limpy

References

1. James Curtis, Spencer Tracy: A Biography. London: Hutchinson, 2011; ISBN   0-09-178524-3. p. 173
2. Curtis, p. 176
3. Curtis, James (2011). Spencer Tracy: A Biography. London: Hutchinson. p. 176.
4. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Disorderly Conduct. Accessed May 17, 2024.
5. Hall, Mordaunt (April 11, 1932). "Disorderly Conduct (1932) Spencer Tracy, as a Motorcycle Policeman, Is a Victim of Politicians and Bootleggers in Roxy Offering". The New York Times . Retrieved December 18, 2011.

External links

• Disorderly Conduct at IMDb