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Summary

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

Details

Release Date: September 26, 1947

Runtime: 65 minutes

Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 5.4/10 (29 votes)


Dick Tracy Collection

  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

    Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

    A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

    Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).

  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

    Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

    A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

  • Dick Tracy's Dilemma

    Dick Tracy's Dilemma

    Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.

  • Dick Tracy Returns

    Dick Tracy Returns

    Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.

  • Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

    Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

    Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.

  • Dick Tracy's G-Men

    Dick Tracy's G-Men

    A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.


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Cast

  • Boris Karloff

    Boris Karloff

    Gruesome

  • Ralph Byrd

    Ralph Byrd

    Dick Tracy

  • Anne Gwynne

    Anne Gwynne

    Tess Trueheart

  • Edward Ashley

    Edward Ashley

    Dr. L.E. Thal

  • June Clayworth

    June Clayworth

    Dr. I.M. "Irma" Learned

  • Lyle Latell

    Lyle Latell

    Pat Patton

  • Tony Barrett

    Tony Barrett

    Melody

  • Skelton Knaggs

    Skelton Knaggs

    X-Ray

  • James Nolan

    James Nolan

    Dan Sterne

  • Joseph Crehan

    Joseph Crehan

    Chief Brandon

  • Milton Parsons

    Milton Parsons

    Dr. A. Tomic

  • Ernie Adams

    Ernie Adams

    Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

  • Phil Arnold

    Phil Arnold

    Sneezing Bank Customer (uncredited)

  • Lex Barker

    Lex Barker

    City Hospital Driver (uncredited)

  • Eddie Borden

    Eddie Borden

    Bank Customer (uncredited)

  • Robert Bray

    Robert Bray

    Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Robert Clarke

    Robert Clarke

    Fred (Police Analyst) (uncredited)

  • George Cooper

    George Cooper

    Stone (Bank Teller) (uncredited)

  • Suzi Crandall

    Suzi Crandall

    Blonde Bank Customer (uncredited)

  • William Gould

    William Gould

    Pop (uncredited)

  • Harry Harvey

    Harry Harvey

    Humphrey (Bank Guard) (uncredited)

  • Tom Keene

    Tom Keene

    Dr. Frankey (uncredited)

  • George Lloyd

    George Lloyd

    Owner of the Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

  • Sean McClory

    Sean McClory

    Officer Carney (uncredited)

  • Lew Meehan

    Lew Meehan

    Police Driver in Montage (uncredited)

  • Lee Phelps

    Lee Phelps

    Detective (uncredited)

  • Lorin Raker

    Lorin Raker

    Insolvent Borrower (uncredited)

  • Bert Roach

    Bert Roach

    Crandall (uncredited)

  • Jason Robards Sr.

    Jason Robards Sr.

    Bank Officer (uncredited)

  • Harry Strang

    Harry Strang

    Tim (uncredited)