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Dick Tracy's Dilemma

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Legendary police detective Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) and his faithful partner, Pat Patton (Lyle Latell), investigate the daring heist from a local warehouse of a recently insured fortune in furs. As the pair follows clues leading to shifty socialite Tess Trueheart (Kay Christopher), a growing body count at the morgue hints at the possibility of a serial killer on the loose. Tracy and Patton struggle to find the killer while working to unravel this high-fashion mystery.

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Ed Gonzalez Apollo Guide 07/25/2001
55/100
The problem here is that the exposition is stale stuff. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 09/14/2024
2.5/4
Entertaining. Go to Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com 11/03/2008
2/5
Grade B comic book-based thriller, one of Tracy series. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 11/12/2007
C
My dilemma is that I recall liking the comic strip as a kid yet am less than thrilled with this flat and at times unbearably grating detective story programmer. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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mark g @RT81792157 10/26/2024 This is a fun to watch low budgeter...written & directed with some great "cinema noir" set pieces and interesting characters & villians Jack Lambert's -The Claw and Ian Keith's Vitamin are classics. Lots of inside references- Rosebud Trucking and Hemp St. See more 04/15/2013 I own this on DVD in a two movie pack along with: * Dick Tracy: Detective (1945) See more 09/05/2010 Tracy is on the case of stolen furs, not that we care about stolen furs, but at least the criminals are interesting. This is a pretty exciting movie, but it could be better. See more 09/06/2009 ok B movie fare not the best in the series but watchable See more 08/14/2008 Serie B Hollywoodienne qui reste honnorable, mais les enquetes de Tracy ne prennent pas de risque et on regretera que Ralph Byrd est remplace Conway dans ce troisieme episode See more 07/04/2008 I can see why Ralph Byrd replaced Conway as Tracy. He seems more square jawed (but still not as wonderfully square jawed as gould's drawing) and heroic and les like a bogart rip-off :) the story is pretty ordinary but the character of the claw is well written for this b-movie series. good film noir-lite forties fun See more Read all reviews
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John Rawlins

Director

Ralph Byrd

Dick Tracy

Lyle Latell

Pat Patton

Jack Lambert

Steve "The Claw" Michel

Kay Christopher

Tess Trueheart

Ian Keith

Vitamin Flintheart
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Synopsis Legendary police detective Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) and his faithful partner, Pat Patton (Lyle Latell), investigate the daring heist from a local warehouse of a recently insured fortune in furs. As the pair follows clues leading to shifty socialite Tess Trueheart (Kay Christopher), a growing body count at the morgue hints at the possibility of a serial killer on the loose. Tracy and Patton struggle to find the killer while working to unravel this high-fashion mystery.
Director
John Rawlins
Producer
Herman Schlom
Screenwriter
Robert Stephen Brode
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 20, 1947, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 7, 2015
Runtime
1h 0m