Disorderly Conduct (film)

Disorderly Conduct
Publicity still with Spencer Tracy and Dickie Moore.
Directed by	John W. Considine Jr.
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	William Anthony McGuire
Starring	Spencer Tracy Sally Eilers
Music by	George Lipschultz
Cinematography	Ray June
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	March 20, 1932
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, starring Spencer Tracy and Sally Eilers. 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

The movie stars Spencer Tracy as a policeman who becomes involved with a young woman (Sally Eilers) after clashing with her politician father (Ralph Morgan).

Cast

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