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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
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1hr 6min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Release:
1947
Director:
John Rawlins
Distributor:
Roan Archival Group
Starring:
Ralph Byrd, Boris Karloff, Lyle Latell  ...more
Synopsis: Befitting his status as a genre star, Boris Karloff earns top billing over leading man Ralph Byrd in RKO's final Dick Tracy caper. The former Frankenstein monster plays an escaped convict masterminding a daring bank robbery. To get in and out of the bank without being noticed, the gang uses an asphyxiating gas that leaves anyone inside momentarily frozen in place. Everyone, that is, except for bank customer Tess Truehart (Anne Gwynne), who is able to contact Dick Tracy (Byrd) from a phone booth in ... Full Synopsis
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Hans J. Wollstein, AMG Review
Boris Karloff's unforgettable visage was always larger than life and his stalking appearance in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome remains very much in the spirit of Chester Gould's comic strip. Gone, however, are most of the noir touches that lifted the three previous films out of the rut. Like Karloff's presence, the freezing gas is much in line with Gould's latter-day story-telling but that too is more mindful ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Ralph Byrd
Dick Tracy
Boris Karloff
Gruesome
Lyle Latell
Pat Patton
Anne Gwynne
Tess Trueheart, Tess Truehart
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