Rent Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
3.2 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
America's famous comic book policeman came to life on the silver screen during the 1940's with four film appearances. The last in the series was this action packed crime caper which mixed sci-fi with comic strip humour. Karloff plays Gruesome and breaks out of prison to start another crime spree. A scientist introduces him to a secret gas that puts people into temporary suspended animation, so that the crooks can walk in and rob a bank at their leisure. 'Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome' has an enviable cast with Ralph Byrd as the hero and Boris Karloff as the creepy and charismatic villain. The B-movie icon, Ann Gywnne is the sexiest Tess Trueheart of all the films and the menacing, ghostly Skelton Knaggs plays the scene stealing X-Ray. A superb crime movie from the golden age of film detectives. - Actors:
- Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Edward Ashley, June Clayworth, Lyle Latell, Tony Barrett, Skelton Knaggs, James Nolan, Joseph Crehan, Milton Parsons, Ernie Adams, Phil Arnold, Walter Bacon, Lex Barker, Eddie Borden, Robert Bray, Robert Clarke, George Cooper, Suzi Crandall
- Directors:
- John Rawlins
- Producers:
- Herman Schlom
- Writers:
- Robertson White, Eric Taylor, William Graffis, Robert E. Kent, Chester Gould
- Aka:
- Dick Tracy vs. The Gruesome Gang
- Studio:
- Odeon Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know: Ryan Gosling, Top Film and TV Detectives: Guide to Screen Sleuth
