Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | |
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Directed by | Gordon M. Douglas James Anderson (assistant) |
Screenplay by | Dane Lussier Robert E. Kent |
Story by | Luci Ward |
Based on | characters in Dick Tracy by Chester Gould |
Produced by | Herman Schlom |
Starring | Morgan Conway Dick Wessel Esther Howard |
Cinematography | George E. Diskant |
Edited by | |
Music by | Phil Ohman |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball is a 1946 American film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould.[2] The film stars Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy in the second installment of the Dick Tracy film series released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Plot[]
Diamonds are stolen but before the thief can safely hide them aboard an ocean liner he is strangled by ex-conman . Cueball takes the diamonds and is given refuge by Filthy Flora, madam of the Dripping Dagger Bar, and then continues murdering people that he believes are trying to double-cross him. Dick Tracy allows his girlfriend Tess to act as a buyer for the diamonds but is put in grave danger when Cueball vows to eliminate her.
Cast[]
- Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy – unstoppable detective in search of Cueball.
- Dick Wessel as Harry "Cueball" Lake – murderous diamond thief who gets his monicker for his big, round head -- he strangles his victims with a braided leather hatband
- Anne Jeffreys as Tess Trueheart – Dick Tracy's lovely girlfriend.
- Rita Corday as Mona Clyde – accomplice in diamond heist
- Lyle Latell as Pat Patton – Tracy's bumbling partner
- Esther Howard as Filthy Flora – madam of the Dripping Dagger
- Ian Keith as Vitamin Flintheart – aged thespian and friend of Tracy
- Max Wagner as Max – bartender at the Dripping Dagger
- Skelton Knaggs as Rudolph – accomplice diamond cutter
Reception[]
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball was listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.[3] Variety called the film, "Hot action celluloid that's bang-up and bang-bang from start to finish."[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Dick Tracy vs. Cueball: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ a b Variety Staff (December 31, 1945). "Review: 'Dick Tracy vs Cueball'". Variety.
- ^ Medved, Harry (1978). The 50 Worst Films of All Time. New York: Warner Books. p. 71. ISBN 0446312576.
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- 1946 films
- English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- Films directed by Gordon Douglas
- Film noir
- Dick Tracy films
- Films about organized crime in the United States
- RKO Pictures films
- 1940s police procedural films
- 1940s crime films
- American crime films
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