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1 December 1945 (USA)
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Hero to 30,000,000... Thrilling on the Screen! See more »
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Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds...
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Movies... For Free! Dick Tracy (1945)
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Beatty Hangs Onto His "Dick Tracy"
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Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)
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(From Flickeringmyth. 16 April 2011, 1:52 AM, PDT)
Beatty Hangs Onto His "Dick Tracy"
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Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)
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Fun and Exciting little B-Gem!
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Morgan Conway | ... | Dick Tracy |
 | Anne Jeffreys | ... | Tess Trueheart |
 | Mike Mazurki | ... | 'Splitface' |
 | Jane Greer | ... | Judith Owens |
| Lyle Latell | ... | Pat Patton |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | Chief Brandon |
| Mickey Kuhn | ... | Junior |
| Trevor Bardette | ... | Prof. Linwood J. Starling |
| Morgan Wallace | ... | Steve Owens |
| Milton Parsons | ... | Deathridge the Undertaker |
| William Halligan | ... | Mayor |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sam Ash | ... | Cop (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Astor | ... | Woman (uncredited) |
| Tanis Chandler | ... | Miss Stanley (uncredited) |
| Jack Chefe | ... | Headwaiter, Paradise Club (uncredited) |
| Mary Currier | ... | Dorothy Stafford (uncredited) |
| Robert Douglas | ... | Paradise Club Busboy (uncredited) |
| Ralph Dunn | ... | Det. Manning (uncredited) |
| Bruce Edwards | ... | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Edythe Elliott | ... | Mrs. Caraway (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | ... | Bystander at Murder (uncredited) |
| Carl Faulkner | ... | Cop (uncredited) |
| Jack Gargan | ... | Cop (uncredited) |
| Edmund Glover | ... | Joe - Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| Carl Hanson | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Jordan | ... | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Mike Lally | ... | Mayor's Escort (uncredited) |
| Wilbur Mack | ... | Motorist (uncredited) |
| George Magrill | ... | Detective at Starling's Interrogation (uncredited) |
| Alphonse Martell | ... | Jules (uncredited) |
| Frank Meredith | ... | Cop at Starling's Loft (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | ... | Paradise Club Patron (uncredited) |
| Bruce Mitchell | ... | Bald Cop in Montage (uncredited) |
| Tommy Noonan | ... | Johnny Moko (uncredited) |
| Florence Pepper | ... | Girl (uncredited) |
| Bob Reeves | ... | Cop (uncredited) |
| Jason Robards Sr. | ... | Motorist (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | ... | Detective at Starling's Interrogation (uncredited) |
| Don Wilson | ... | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| William Berke | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Chester Gould | comic strip | |
| Eric Taylor | ||
Produced by | |||
| Sid Rogell | .... | executive producer | |
| Herman Schlom | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Roy Webb | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Frank Redman | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Ernie Leadlay | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Ralph Berger | |||
| Albert S. D'Agostino | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Darrell Silvera | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Clem Beauchamp | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Terry Kellum | .... | sound | |
| Jean L. Speak | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Fred Graham | .... | stunt double: Mike Mazurki (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| C. Bakaleinikoff | .... | musical director | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1945) (USA) (theatrical)
- Admit One Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- GoDigital Media Group (2009) (worldwide) (all media) (digital)
- Grapevine Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Roan Group, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Stokey Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
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"Dick Tracy, Detective" - USA (reissue title)
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61 min
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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The first of four classic Dick Tracy movies.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: When Splitface begins fleeing from Tracy in the middle of the movie, he is driving a black 1930s era automobile through a residential area. However, when the chase continues through the city, Splitface is driving a gray 1940s era automobile. When Splitface exits his automobile shortly thereafter, it is a black 1930s era automobile again and this is the car he drives for the rest of the picture.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Perfect Weapon (1991)See more »
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If you're expecting MALTESE FALCON you're in the wrong place. This first in the RKO Dick Tracy movies based on Chester Gould's hardboiled policeman is very faithful to the source material and a LOT of fun.
The cast is well chosen and Morgan Conway looks like he stepped right off the comics page.
What is unexpected is the inky black noirish camera work, something that was very rare for a B-picture. The entire series was entertaining, with Ralph Byrd replacing Conway for the third and fourth installments, and the two earliest entries were geared towards an adult audience as shown in the violence depicted.
Pull the stick out of your crack, sit back and enjoy some very entertaining little films from a more innocent time, when our good guys were someone to look up to.