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Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
James Nolan
- Dan Sterne
- (as Jim Nolan)
Ernie Adams
- Waiter at Hangman's Knot
- (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
- Sneezing Bank Customer
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Lex Barker
- City Hospital Driver
- (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
- Bank Customer
- (uncredited)
Robert Bray
- Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Robert Clarke
- Fred - Police Analyst
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed April 1-late April 1947, the last of RKO's four classic Dick Tracy features released from 1945 to 1947, and the only one in which Ralph Byrd takes second billing. He previously starred in the four Dick Tracy serials from Republic Pictures released from 1937 to 1941 and the one feature before this. He would continue playing the character on television, until his untimely death in 1952.
- GoofsToo much stock footage involving automobiles results in more than the usual mix-up of year models and lack of consistency in body styles.
- Quotes
Pat Patton: I tell you, if I didn't know better I'd swear we were doing business with Boris Karloff.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (2015)
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Dick Tracy vs Boris Karloff
This is the fourth and final of the RKO Dick Tracy films. It's also the best. Why is it the best? Well, look no further than the cast. Horror great Boris Karloff plays the villain Gruesome. Karloff could do no wrong and he elevates this whole picture. The plot involves a paralyzing nerve gas and a bank robbery. Skelton Knaggs is also in this as Gruesome's cohort in crime, X-Ray. More characters with fun names like a piano player named Melody and several doctors (Dr. L.E. Thal, Dr. A. Tomic, Dr. I.M. Learned). These movies weren't "A" productions. They were turned out quickly and cheaply. But still, they are fun, fast-paced detective stories with mystery, action, and humor. This one, like I said, is the best of the lot. Karloff fans will love it.
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- utgard14
- Jan 25, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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