Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
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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.
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Plot:
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.
Tagline: KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!
Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Original Title: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Spoken Language(s): English
Belongs to Collection: Dick Tracy 1940s Collection
Rating: 5.9
Vote Count: 4
Status: Released
Release Date: September 26, 1947
Primary Year: 1947
IMDB Link: tt0039320
Runtime: 65min | 1h 05min
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures
- Boris Karloff – Gruesome
- Ralph Byrd – Dick Tracy
- Anne Gwynne – Tess Trueheart
- Edward Ashley – Dr. L. E. Thal
- June Clayworth – Dr. I.M. Learned / Irma
- Lyle Latell – Pat Patton
- Tony Barrett – Melody
- Skelton Knaggs – X-Ray
- James Nolan – Dan Sterne (as Jim Nolan)
- Joseph Crehan – Chief Brandon
- English – US
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