Dick Tracy (1945 film)

Dick Tracy

Theatrical poster
Directed by William A. Berke
Produced by Herman Schlom
Written by Eric Taylor
Chester Gould (Comic)
Starring Morgan Conway
Anne Jeffreys
Mike Mazurki
Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography Frank Redman
Edited by Ernie Leadlay
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • December 20, 1945 (1945-12-20) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
61 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Dick Tracy (also known as Dick Tracy, Detective) is a 1945 American Film Noir pulp action film based on the Dick Tracy comic strip created by Chester Gould. The film is the first of four installment of the Dick Tracy film series, released by RKO Radio Pictures.

Plot

Dick Tracy (Morgan Conway), a supremely intelligent police detective, must solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces by the one known as Splitface (Mike Mazurki). Suspects flourish but Tracy must find the common link of extortion and revenge before more are killed.

Cast

Production

Getting the rights to produce Dick Tracy from the character's creator, Chester Gould, cost RKO pictures $10,000. This was the first in a series of Dick Tracy films produced by RKO.[2]

References

  1. "Dick Tracy: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  2. AFI staff (2013). "Dick Tracy". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California, USA: American Film Institute. OCLC 772904208. Retrieved September 17, 2013.

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