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Dick Tracy (Dec. 1, 1945)
Dick Tracy, directed by William Berke and starring Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy, wasn’t the first filmed adaptation of the most famous detective in the funny pages. There had been four serials prior to...
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (Dec. 18, 1946)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball begins with a montage of Dick Tracy and his rogues’ gallery from the Sunday funnies — B.O. Plenty, Gravel Gertie, Vitamin Flintheart, Flattop, etc. — and ends with a face that...
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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (May 20, 1947)
Dick Tracy’s Dilemma, directed by John Rawlins, marked Ralph Byrd’s triumphant return to playing Chester Gould’s famous police detective. Byrd played the hawk-nosed, square-jawed hero in four serials,...
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (Sept. 26, 1947)
The last of RKO’s four Dick Tracy pictures employs horror icon Boris Karloff to tell a hard-boiled crime story with a sci-fi twist. Directed by John Rawlins and produced by Herman Schlom, Dick Tracy...
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