Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
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.
- Released
- 1947-09-26
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Runtime
- 65 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Rawlins, Robertson White, Eric Taylor
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 35 votes
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Gruesome
- Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy
- Anne Gwynne as Tess Trueheart
- Edward Ashley as Dr. L.E. Thal
- June Clayworth as Dr. I.M. "Irma" Learned
- Lyle Latell as Pat Patton
- Tony Barrett as Melody
- Skelton Knaggs as X-Ray
- James Nolan as Dan Sterne
- Joseph Crehan as Chief Brandon
- Milton Parsons as Dr. A. Tomic
- Ernie Adams as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)