This is MGM classic rests on the giant talents of its stars, especially Tracy and Gable. The plot in lesser hands would not have been very believable and moves along at a very swift pace. This was the third and final pairing of the two great stars. In large part because Tracy got sick of playing the side-kick to Gable's hero who always got the girl. The two actors always respected each other. Gable always envious and admiring of Tracy's acting skills. And Tracy always admired Gable's confidence and swagger that made him the "King" of the movies. To start with the characters are wild-catters living by the seat of their pants, but in the end they are after money and power no matter what the cost. Only Tracy as Square-John is motivated by love and his own personal moral-code. But that again is the part that Tracy always played in the three film pairings with Gable. Gable, as usual, is the risk-taking n'er-do-well living outside the vein of morality who always gets the girl. Tracy never gets the girl, but is always the moral force of the story. The guy who'll do the right thing no matter what and he is the one who usually is responsible for reforming Gable. In a certain sense like most buddy films, the love story is between the two guys and it never shines better than in their explosive fight scene towards the films end.
Claudette Colbert does a great job with a thinly written part as "the beautiful Betsy". Hedy Lamarr is really fine as Gable's other girl, Karen Vanmeer. There is a scene between Hedy and Tracy late in the story that is electric and so well done. She really holds her own with the famous scene-stealer.
Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, and Chill Wills are among the rest of the excellent MGM company supporting cast in this film.
It's too bad that this was the last film with the two great stars. They were so great together.
This is a fast-paced, fun film entertainment that you'll thoroughly enjoy.
Claudette Colbert does a great job with a thinly written part as "the beautiful Betsy". Hedy Lamarr is really fine as Gable's other girl, Karen Vanmeer. There is a scene between Hedy and Tracy late in the story that is electric and so well done. She really holds her own with the famous scene-stealer.
Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, and Chill Wills are among the rest of the excellent MGM company supporting cast in this film.
It's too bad that this was the last film with the two great stars. They were so great together.
This is a fast-paced, fun film entertainment that you'll thoroughly enjoy.