Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Release Date: 1947-09-26

Overview: 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.

Rating: 5.3 / 10

Cast

Boris Karloff

as Gruesome

Ralph Byrd

as Dick Tracy

Anne Gwynne

as Tess Trueheart

Edward Ashley

as Dr. L.E. Thal

June Clayworth

as Dr. I.M. "Irma" Learned

Crew

Robertson White - Screenplay
Robert E. Kent - Story
Eric Taylor - Screenplay
John Rawlins - Director
Herman Schlom - Producer

Reviews

CinemaSerf:

Now this made me laugh - it is certainly one of the more preposterous of these adventure yarns. Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) and Tess Trueheart (Anne Gwynne) are called in to investigate a series of intrig...