Dick Tracy (1990)

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Director:

Warren Beatty

Writers:

Chester Gould (based on characters created by: for the Dick Tracy comic strip distributed by Tribune Media Services, Inc.), Jim Cash

Stars:

Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino

Won 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 36 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Warren Beatty	...	Dick Tracy
Charlie Korsmo	...	Kid
Michael Donovan O'Donnell	...	McGillicuddy
Jim Wilkey	...	Stooge
Stig Eldred	...	Shoulders
Neil Summers	...	The Rodent
Chuck Hicks	...	The Brow
Lawrence Steven Meyers	...	Little Face
William Forsythe	...	Flattop
Ed O'Ross	...	Itchy
Glenne Headly	...	Tess Trueheart
Marvellee Cariaga	...	Soprano (as Marvelee Cariaga)
Michael Gallup	...	Baritone
Seymour Cassel	...	Sam Catchem
James Keane	...	Pat Patton

Storyline

All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with her boyfriend, detective Dick Tracy. But there's something pretty rotten going on in town, with someone pretty rotten behind it, and Tracy has his hands full with the likes of villain Big Boy Caprice and with the almost irresistible Breathless Mahoney.

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Plot Keywords:

based on comic strip | detective | police detective | dick tracy | crime boss | 

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Taglines:

I'm on my way.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Music | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 June 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Дик Трэйси

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$47,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,543,911, 17 June 1990, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$103,738,726

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$162,738,726, 31 December 1991

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints) CDS (digital 70 mm prints) Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Warren Beatty appeared in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). His violent death at the end of that film, was the model for the death of Sonny Corleone (James Caan) in The Godfather (1972).

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Goofs

When Dick Tracy jumps of the seesaw and through the ceiling window, he lands on the roof. This clearly shows the face of the stuntman doing the jump back down and then looking around before running off.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Radio Announcer: Gangland enforcers broke the arms of an elderly newsdealer this afternoon when he refused to share his week's receipts with them. Stacks of newspapers were tossed in the gutter as the thugs wrecked the business and made their getaway. Lunchtime crowds were paralyzed by the suddenness of the crime. Not a hand was raised in protest.

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Crazy Credits

Touchstone logo appears in black and white in the opening credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Holly Hunter/Jason Jones/Alan Cage (2018)

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Soundtracks

Die Schlumpf
(Opera Sequence)
Composed and conducted by Thomas Pasatieri
Performed by Marvellee Cariaga (as Marvelee Cariaga) and Michael Gallup

User Reviews

Film Noir in Technicolor

First and Formost, this movie hits the comic strip right on the nose (it was goofy looking and freak'n violent). The one thing that always gets me is that we have detectives, feme fatales, rutheless gangsters, exploding cars and machine guns, all done in super bright rainbow colors. I find that the bright colors really pull this movie off, It conveys the whole "comic book" idea, better than the giant balloons from Batman, the verbaitum sound effects from X men, and certainly those annoying "panel" shots from hulk.