History Film / Whipsaw

* RevealingHug: During their LoveConfession, [=McBride=], having taken hold of Vivian’s mirror, it falls and breaks, revealing that she had them all along. Enraged, [=McBride=] quickly assumes that Vivian was lying the whole time and just stringing him along.

* TheStoolPigeon: Dexter avoids sharing the proceeds of the pearls with gangsters by stooling on them. The gangsters begin to follow Vivian because they also know she can lead them to Dexter when he goes into hiding.

Vivian Palmer (Loy) is the third in a trio of jewel thieves, run by impressive thief, Dexter (Harvey Stephens) and Harry Ames (Clay Clement). When Dexter’s daring theft of valuable pearls from millionaire, Wadsworth (Robert Warwick), comes through, he hides the pearls with Vivian and goes on the run. Vivian doesn’t know the pearls are hidden in her toilette mirror and is actively trying to find a way to Dexter (who’s in hiding) to get her cut of the pearl job.

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* BatmanGambit: [=McBride=] knows that Vivian will eventually lead him to Dexter because she needs to a) get rid of the gangsters on her tail and b) go to him to get her cut of the pearls, so he pretends to be a common criminal to get her to lead him to Dexter. What [=McBride=] doesn’t realize is that Vivian knows he’s a detective from the start.
* BreakTheHaughty: [=McBride=] is on a mission to break Vivian so that she can give up the whereabouts of Dexter and the pearls.
* ChainedHeat: When [=McBride=] finds the pearls and erroneously believes that Vivian was hiding them, he handcuffs her to him while they sleep.
* TheCon: The film begins with Vivian intentionally crashing her car into millionaire, Wadsworth, the soon-to-be buyer of rare pearls worth $500,000. It seems that Dexter and his crew were looking to create a con but didn’t go through when he didn’t take Vivian as bait.

* MacGuffinEscortMission: Vivian is unknowingly carrying the pearls and when she advises she wants out of the scheme and won’t be meeting Dexter, he, in turn, begins to worry.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [=McBride=] believes that Vivian is a common crook but finds out that she’s really a class act that got in with the wrong crowd.
* RevealingHug: During their LoveConfession, [=McBride=], having taken hold of Vivina’s mirror (whose handle the pearls were hidden), falls and breaks, revealing that she had them all along. [=McBride=] quickly becomes angry and believes that Vivian was using him.

* SmithicalMarriage: Since they’re on the run, Vivian and [=McBride=] pretend to be married to get a hotel room.

* TheStoolPigeon: Dexter stools on the gangsters after the pearls when they take the
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: While at the Dabson farmhouse, pretending to be a married couple, [=McBride=] and Vivian have only one bed. Trying to be nice since he got the couch in the hotel, Vivian takes up the couch. [=McBride=] quickly lifts her and puts her on the bed. Cue sexual tension.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: When [=McBride=] believes Vivian has lied to him, he immediately puts her under arrest.

Vivian Palmer (Loy) is the third in a trio of jewel thieves, run by impressive thief, Dexter (Harvey Stephens) and Harry Ames (Clay Clement). When Dexter’s daring theft of valuable pearls from millionaire, Wadsworth (Robert Warwick), comes through, he hides the pearls with Vivian and goes on the run. Vivian doesn’t know the pearls are hidden in her toilette box and is trying to find a way to Dexter (who’s in hiding) to get her cut of the deal.

* McGuffinEscortService: Vivian is unknowingly carrying the pearls and when she advises she wants out of the scheme and won’t be meeting Dexter, he, in turn, begins to worry.

Whipsaw (1935) is a RomanticComedy/Drama starring Creator/MyrnaLoy and Creator/SpencerTracy, directed by Sam Wood.

''Whipsaw'' (1935) is a RomanticComedy/Drama starring Creator/MyrnaLoy and Creator/SpencerTracy, directed by Sam Wood.

Vivian Palmer (Loy) is the third in a trio of jewel thieves, run by impressive thief, Dexter (Harvey Stephens) and Harry Ames (Clay Clement). When Dexter’s daring theft of valuable pearls from millionaire, Wadsworth (Robert Warwick), comes through, he hides the pearls with Vivian and goes on the run. Vivian doesn’t know the pearls are hidden in her toilette mirror while she tries to find a way to Dexter (who’s in hiding) to get her cut of the deal.

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* BatmanGambit: [=McBride=] knows that Vivian will eventually lead him to Dexter because she needs to a) get rid of the gangsters on her tail and b) go to him to get her cut of the pearls, so he pretends to be a common criminal to get her to lead him to Dexter. What [=McBride=] doesn’t realize is that Vivian knows he’s a detective from the start.
* BreakTheHaughty: [=McBride=] is on a mission to break Vivian so that she can give up the whereabouts of Dexter and the pearls.
* ChainedHeat: When [=McBride=] finds the pearls and erroneously believes that Vivian was hiding them, he handcuffs her to him while they sleep.
* TheCon: The film begins with Vivian intentionally crashing her car into millionaire, Wadsworth, the soon-to-be buyer of rare pearls worth $500,000. It seems that Dexter and his crew were looking to create a con but didn’t go through when he didn’t take Vivian as bait.
* EmpathicEnvironment: When Vivian realizes she won’t be able to escape [=McBride=], it begins to rain heavily.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Knowing he’s a detective, Vivian keeps her distance from [=McBride=]. However, his charm soon wins her over.
* HiddenDepths: When Vivian and [=McBride=] are at the Dabson farmhouse and helping the sick newborn, they both show a tender side neither had seen before.
* MacGuffinEscortMission: Vivian is unknowingly carrying the pearls and when she advises she wants out of the scheme and won’t be meeting Dexter, he, in turn, begins to worry.
* MeetCute: Deliberately engineered by [=McBride=] so he could get close to Vivian.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [=McBride=] believes that Vivian is a common crook but finds out that she’s really a class act that got in with the wrong crowd.
* RevealingHug: During their LoveConfession, [=McBride=], having taken hold of Vivina’s mirror (whose handle the pearls were hidden), falls and breaks, revealing that she had them all along. [=McBride=] quickly becomes angry and believes that Vivian was using him.
* RomanceEnsues: An undercover FBI agent and a criminal are on the run. They spent a lot of time together.
* SmithicalMarriage: Since they’re on the run, Vivian and [=McBride=] pretend to be married to get a hotel room.
* SpinningPaper: When the pearls are stolen, we get a flash of newspaper headlines.
* TheStoolPigeon: Dexter stools on the gangsters after the pearls when they take the
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: While at the Dabson farmhouse, pretending to be a married couple, [=McBride=] and Vivian have only one bed. Trying to be nice since he got the couch in the hotel, Vivian takes up the couch. [=McBride=] quickly lifts her and puts her on the bed. Cue sexual tension.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: When [=McBride=] believes Vivian has lied to him, he immediately puts her under arrest.
* TitleDrop: When expressing his sudden love for Vivian, [=McBride=] describes himself as being “whipsawed”.
* UndercoverCopReveal: Vivian knows [=McBride=] is a cop/detective, and his reveal to her is anti-climatic.

Vivian Palmer (Loy) is the third in a trio of jewel thieves, run by impressive thief, Dexter (Harvey Stephens) and Harry Ames (Clay Clement). When Dexter’s daring theft of valuable pearls from millionaire, Wadsworth (Robert Warwick), comes through, he hides the pearls with Vivian and goes on the run. Vivian doesn’t know the pearls are hidden in her toilette box and is trying to find a way to Dexter (who’s in hiding) to get her cut of the deal.

However, undercover FBI agent, Ross [=McBride=] (Tracy) is on her tail. He pretends to be a lowlife criminal who unwittingly involves Vivian in an assault against a cop. They go on the run all the while [=McBride=] is hoping that Vivian will lead him to the pearls. [[RomanceEnsues Romance ensues]] between the two, complicating matters for both.

* McGuffinEscortMission: Vivian is unknowingly carrying the pearls and when she advises she wants out of the scheme and won’t be meeting Dexter, he, in turn, begins to worry.

* McGuffinEscortService: Vivian is unknowingly carrying the pearls and when she advises she wants out of the scheme and won’t be meeting Dexter, he, in turn, begins to worry.

Vivian Palmer (Loy) is the third in a trio of jewel thieves, run by impressive thief, Dexter (Harvey Stephens) and Harry Ames (Clay Clement).

When Dexter’s daring theft of valuable pearls from millionaire, Wadsworth (Robert Warwick), comes through, he hides the pearls with Vivian and goes on the run. Vivian doesn’t know the pearls are hidden in her toilette box and is trying to find a way to Dexter (who’s in hiding) to get her cut of the deal.

However, undercover FBI agent, Ross McBride (Tracy) is on her tail. He pretends to be a lowlife criminal who unwittingly involves Vivian in an assault against a cop. They go on the run all the while McBride is hoping that Vivian will lead him to the pearls. [[RomanceEnsues Romance ensues]] between the two, complicating matters for both.

* BatmanGambit: McBride knows that Vivian will eventually lead him to Dexter because she needs to a) get rid of the gangsters on her tail and b) go to him to get her cut of the pearls, so he pretends to be a common criminal to get her to lead him to Dexter. What McBride doesn’t realize is that Vivian knows he’s a detective from the start.
* BreakTheHaughty: McBride is on a mission to break Vivian so that she can give up the whereabouts of Dexter and the pearls.
* ChainedHeat: When McBride finds the pearls and erroneously believes that Vivian was hiding them, he handcuffs her to him while they sleep.
* TheCon: The film begins with Vivian intentionally crashing her car into millionaire, Wadsworth, the soon-to-be buyer of rare pearls worth $500,000. It seems that Dexter and his crew were looking to create a con but didn’t go through when he didn’t take Vivian as bait.
* EmpathicEnvironment: When Vivian realizes she won’t be able to escape McBride, it begins to rain heavily.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Knowing he’s a detective, Vivian keeps her distance from McBride. However, his charm soon wins her over.
* HiddenDepths: When Vivian and McBride are at the Dabson farmhouse and helping the sick newborn, they both show a tender side neither had seen before.
* McGuffinEscortService: Vivian is unknowingly carrying the pearls and when she advises she wants out of the scheme and won’t be meeting Dexter, he, in turn, begins to worry.
* MeetCute: Deliberately engineered by McBride so he could get close to Vivian.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: McBride believes that Vivian is a common crook but finds out that she’s really a class act that got in with the wrong crowd.
* RevealingHug: During their LoveConfession, McBride, having taken hold of Vivina’s mirror (whose handle the pearls were hidden), falls and breaks, revealing that she had them all along. McBride quickly becomes angry and believes that Vivian was using him.
* RomanceEnsues: An undercover FBI agent and a criminal are on the run. They spent a lot of time together.
* SmithicalMarriage: Since they’re on the run, Vivian and McBride pretend to be married to get a hotel room.
* SpinningPaper: When the pearls are stolen, we get a flash of newspaper headlines.
* TheStoolPigeon: Dexter stools on the gangsters after the pearls when they take the
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: While at the Dabson farmhouse, pretending to be a married couple, McBride and Vivian have only one bed. Trying to be nice since he got the couch in the hotel, Vivian takes up the couch. McBride quickly lifts her and puts her on the bed. Cue sexual tension.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: When McBride believes Vivian has lied to him, he immediately puts her under arrest.
* TitleDrop: When expressing his sudden love for Vivian, McBride describes himself as being “whipsawed”.
* UndercoverCopReveal: Vivian knows McBride is a cop/detective, and his reveal to her is anti-climatic.