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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

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When bald bad guy Cueball (Dick Wessel) realizes that he's been betrayed by his crew of criminals, he starts hunting them down, one by one. Continuing on his rampage, the villain also decides to eliminate his arch nemesis, Dick Tracy (Morgan Conway), but the tough-guy detective is more than ready to put up a fight. Though the conflict means Tracy must spend time away from his lady, Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys), it may give the sleuth a chance to defeat Cueball once and for all.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Offers an especially memorable heavy. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 14, 2024 Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Nice B-movie has good character actors in comedy supporting roles. Aug 1, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Chris M he pacing wasn't too bad, drags a little. This was the first attempt of bringing a bad guy from the comic strip to life. Considering making up effects were in it's infancy and expensive. So they created a new character which I think was added to the comic strip later. But here's the downside to the new villain. He's not exactly a complex character. He's one note, give me the diamonds. The story is good but I can see why it was only 62 minutes. But the one thing is worth checking this out. Dick has a friend named Vitamin played by Ian Keith. I don't know if this character is in the comic strip but that's to Ian Keith, Vitamin steals every scene he's in. He alone makes this fun enough to check out. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Solid entry in the Dick Tracy series but with Morgan Conway taking a turn as the homicide detective. This time, Dick is in pursuit of a gang of jewel thieves who spend all of their time double-crossing each other. Cueball may be low man on the totem pole but he's grit and grunt enough to knock off all of his colleagues. Of course, Tracy tracks him down in the end and he meets a gruesome death. The characterizations in small parts are interesting enough - although not really comic-book-like - to hold one's attention for an hour. Nothing more to be said. Other serials have stronger entries and lasted longer (on the big screen) but this was fine on a rainy night with a cold. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member good B movie suspenser Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie with horrific ending. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I own this on DVD in a two movie pack along with: * Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked this one a little better than the first in the series, mostly because to rogues gallery of characters seemed a bit more extensive and broadly drawn, which added to the film's fun. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When bald bad guy Cueball (Dick Wessel) realizes that he's been betrayed by his crew of criminals, he starts hunting them down, one by one. Continuing on his rampage, the villain also decides to eliminate his arch nemesis, Dick Tracy (Morgan Conway), but the tough-guy detective is more than ready to put up a fight. Though the conflict means Tracy must spend time away from his lady, Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys), it may give the sleuth a chance to defeat Cueball once and for all.
Director
Gordon Douglas
Producer
Herman Schlom
Screenwriter
Dane Lussier, Robert E. Kent
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 18, 1946, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 2m
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