Directed by Fritz Lang
A fascinating intersection of talents, Fritz Lang’s drama cast Tracy as a man whose faith in human nature is destroyed by being wrongfully accused of a crime, pursued by a mob and left for dead in a burning jail. A more Teutonic vision than Tracy’s typical dramatic packages, it represents one of his most externalized portrayals and one of the most exciting and successful ones of his early career.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. Producer: Joseph L. Manckiewicz. Based on a story by Norman Krasna. Screenwriter: Bartlett Cormack, F. Lang, Cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg. Editor: Frank Sullivan. Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis.
35mm, b/w, 90 min.
