man castle be set in one of those jerry built settlement on vacant land and park that during these time be call hoovervilles name after our unfortunate 31st president who get stick with the great depression occur in his administration . the proposition of this film be that a man home be still his castle even when it just a shack in a hooverville . spencer tracy have such a shack and truth be tell this guy even in good time would not be work all that much . but in a part very typical for tracy before he be cast a a priest in san francisco and the start of a slew of classic role and he play a tough good natured mug who take in loretta young . one of the thing about man castle be that it show the effect of the depression on woman as well a men . woman have some additional strain put on them and if men have trouble find work and woman have it twice as hard . and they be sexually harass and some resort to prostitution just for a square meal . spence take loretta young in who face those kind of problem and make no demand on her in his castle . pretty soon though theyre in love and though tracy be not the kind to settle down . the love scene have some extra zing to them because tracy and young be have a torrid affair during the shooting of man castle . and both be catholic and married and in those day that be an insuperable barrier to marriage . both tracy and young take the catholic faith quite seriously . also in the cast be walter connolly a a kind of father figure for the whole camp and marjorie rambeau who be through all the pitfall young might encounter and try to steer her clear and arthur hohl and a really loathsome creep who have his eye on young a well . hohl bring the plot of man castle to it climax through his scheming . man castle be grim look at the great depression and not the usual movie escapist fare for those try to avoid that kind of reality in their entertainment .