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Dick Tracy

  • 19451945
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 1m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.4K
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Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, and Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
  • Action
  • Crime
  • Family
Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • William Berke
  • Writers
    • Eric Taylor(original screenplay)
    • Chester Gould(based on the cartoon strip by)
  • Stars
    • Morgan Conway
    • Anne Jeffreys
    • Mike Mazurki
Top credits
  • Director
    • William Berke
  • Writers
    • Eric Taylor(original screenplay)
    • Chester Gould(based on the cartoon strip by)
  • Stars
    • Morgan Conway
    • Anne Jeffreys
    • Mike Mazurki
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    • 31User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, and Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, and Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, and Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Morgan Conway and Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Anne Jeffreys, Mickey Kuhn, and Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Mickey Kuhn in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Joseph Crehan, Morgan Conway, William Halligan, and Lyle Latell in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Trevor Bardette and Mike Mazurki in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Trevor Bardette in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Anne Jeffreys in Dick Tracy (1945)
    Morgan Conway and Anne Jeffreys in Dick Tracy (1945)

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    Morgan Conway
    Morgan Conway
    • Dick Tracy
    Anne Jeffreys
    Anne Jeffreys
    • Tess Trueheart
    Mike Mazurki
    Mike Mazurki
    • 'Splitface' aka Alexis Banning
    Jane Greer
    Jane Greer
    • Judith Owens
    Lyle Latell
    Lyle Latell
    • Pat Patton
    Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    • Chief Brandon
    Mickey Kuhn
    Mickey Kuhn
    • Junior
    Trevor Bardette
    Trevor Bardette
    • Prof. Linwood J. Starling
    Morgan Wallace
    Morgan Wallace
    • Steve Owens
    Milton Parsons
    Milton Parsons
    • Deathridge - the Undertaker
    William Halligan
    • Mayor
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Tanis Chandler
    Tanis Chandler
    • Miss Stanley
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chefe
    • Paradise Club Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Currier
    Mary Currier
    • Dorothy Stafford
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Douglas
    • Paradise Club Busboy
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Dunn
    Ralph Dunn
    • Det. Manning
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Berke
    • Writers
      • Eric Taylor(original screenplay)
      • Chester Gould(based on the cartoon strip by)
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    • Trivia
      The first of four classic Dick Tracy feature films produced by RKO from 1945 to 1947, although Ralph Byrd had previously starred in Dick Tracy serials at Republic.
    • Goofs
      Dick Tracy says a murder was committed with a kind of knife that morticians use to perform postmortems. Morticians don't perform postmortems unless they are also coroners, and a police officer like Tracy should know that.
    • Quotes

      Dick Tracy: Who are you and what are you doing up here?

      Prof. Linwood J. Starling: I? Oh! I am Professor Linwood J. Starling, astrologist, doctor of the occult sciences.

      Dick Tracy: How long have you been up here?

      Prof. Linwood J. Starling: Time and space are beyond human conception.

      Dick Tracy: Cut out the double talk, I'm from police headquarters.

      Prof. Linwood J. Starling: Obviously. Well, I've been here since, uh, darkness fell, meditating. Communing with my soul. Studying the course of the stars. Sagittarius.

      Dick Tracy: Did you see anyone cross this roof a moment ago?

      Prof. Linwood J. Starling: No. Oh, but I wouldn't have, unless he flashed momentarily across the section of the heavens at which I was looking. You see, I am a man who knows how to concentrate.

    • Connections
      Edited into Who Dunit Theater: Dick Tracy Detective (2016)

    User reviews31

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    Top review
    5/10
    Pretty Much Like Any Police Drama
    If you had given Dick Tracy's name to any police type in any movie of the forties, it would be indistinguishable. The fact is that while this is a modestly entertaining movie, the comic strip being of it is just not there. Where is the technology, the distinctive sense of the comic strip? It's just not there. There is some semblance of humor, the byplay among the other detectives and Tess's frustration with dating the great detective (she never gets to go to dinner), but it still doesn't reproduce the comic strip. All that considered, it's a decent movie with an interesting plot. Like so many Tracy characters, Split Face is carrying around his angst, wanting to get back at those who convicted him. He is nasty, but has the fatal flaw of carelessness. Tracy is pretty dull, but I was a religious reader of the comic strip as a child and liked his silence. His romantic relationship always seemed forced to me. A real comic book hero shouldn't have time for women, right.
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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dick Tracy, Detective
    • Filming locations
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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