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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!

Part of Dick Tracy Collection

1947•1h 5m•5.3/10
ActionCrimeMysteryThriller

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5.3/10(30)

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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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Gruesome

Ralph Byrd

Ralph Byrd

Dick Tracy

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Tess Trueheart

Edward Ashley

Edward Ashley

Dr. L.E. Thal

June Clayworth

June Clayworth

Dr. I.M. "Irma" Learned

Lyle Latell

Lyle Latell

Pat Patton

Tony Barrett

Tony Barrett

Melody

Skelton Knaggs

Skelton Knaggs

X-Ray

James Nolan

James Nolan

Dan Sterne

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Chief Brandon

Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons

Dr. A. Tomic

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

Phil Arnold

Phil Arnold

Sneezing Bank Customer (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Lex Barker

Lex Barker

City Hospital Driver (uncredited)

Eddie Borden

Eddie Borden

Bank Customer (uncredited)

Robert Bray

Robert Bray

Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert Clarke

Robert Clarke

Fred (Police Analyst) (uncredited)

George Cooper

George Cooper

Stone (Bank Teller) (uncredited)

Suzi Crandall

Suzi Crandall

Blonde Bank Customer (uncredited)

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