Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!
1947 | 65m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Rawlins |
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| Writer: | Robertson White, Eric Taylor, William Graffis, Robert E. Kent |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 26, 1947 |
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| Director: | John Rawlins |
| Writer: | Robertson White, Eric Taylor, William Graffis, Robert E. Kent |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | sequel, based on comic, dick tracy, psychotronic film |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | Gruesome |
| Ralph Byrd | Dick Tracy |
| Anne Gwynne | Tess Trueheart |
| Edward Ashley | Dr. L.E. Thal |
| June Clayworth | Dr. I.M. "Irma" Learned |
| Lyle Latell | Pat Patton |
| Tony Barrett | Melody |
| Skelton Knaggs | X-Ray |
| James Nolan | Dan Sterne |
| Joseph Crehan | Chief Brandon |
| Milton Parsons | Dr. A. Tomic |
| Ernie Adams | Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited) |
| Phil Arnold | Sneezing Bank Customer (uncredited) |
| Walter Bacon | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| Lex Barker | City Hospital Driver (uncredited) |
| Eddie Borden | Bank Customer (uncredited) |
| Robert Bray | Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Robert Clarke | Fred (Police Analyst) (uncredited) |
| George Cooper | Stone (Bank Teller) (uncredited) |
| Suzi Crandall | Blonde Bank Customer (uncredited) |
| William Gould | Pop (uncredited) |
| Ben Hall | Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited) |
| Harry Harvey | Humphrey (Bank Guard) (uncredited) |
| Tom Keene | Dr. Frankey (uncredited) |
| George Lloyd | Owner of the Hangman's Knot (uncredited) |
| Robert Malcolm | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Sean McClory | Officer Carney (uncredited) |
| Lew Meehan | Police Driver in Montage (uncredited) |
| Bruce Mitchell | Police Sgt. in Montage (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Detective (uncredited) |
| Lorin Raker | Insolvent Borrower (uncredited) |
| Bert Roach | Crandall (uncredited) |
| Jason Robards Sr. | Bank Officer (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Tim (uncredited) |
| Tex Swan | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| John Rawlins | Director |
| Robertson White | Screenplay |
| Eric Taylor | Screenplay |
| William Graffis | Story |
| Robert E. Kent | Story |
| Chester Gould | Characters |
| Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
| Frank Redman | Director of Photography |
| Elmo Williams | Editor |
| James Lane | Assistant Director |
| Walter E. Keller | Art Direction |
| James Altwies | Set Decoration |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Herman Schlom | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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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 intriguing bank robberies where the customers/staff are poleaxed by a nerve gas that enables the robbers t ... o calmly rob the place without anyone even knowing. Of course, at the bottom of the dastardly scene is "Gruesome" - one of the livelier outings for Boris Karloff that I've seen. The script is terrible, and the still-life effects are pretty cheap and cheerful photographic freezes, but you can tell that they - including the wonderful research scientist "I.M. Learned" and Skelton Knaggs ("X-ray") - are having a good time on set. They are there to entertain us, and that they do.