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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301649841
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 155739010X
Label: United Home
Manufacturer: United Home
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: United Home
Release Date: May 15, 1990
Running Time: 65 minutes
Sales Rank: 96161
Studio: United Home
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1947
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A 'War on Small Investors'
This is a fine and fast-moving B-movie with no pretensions and a running time of 1 hour and a little change. Ralph Byrd does his good old dependable Dick Tracy, which is a darn sight better than the Warren Beatty version, and Anne Gywnne is a sexy and spunky Tess Trueheart, but the villains are the real show. The guy playing X-ray is really creepy and looks like a true degenerate, and Boris Karloff does an expert turn playing a sociopath. This villain is a little more subtle than your typical ... Read More
Rating: - Amusing Installment In The Dick Tracy Series
Originated by Chester Gould's syndicated comic strip, Dick Tracy has been a durable cinematic character with appearances ranging from 1930s serials to an over-hyped 1990 blockbuster-style motion picture starring Warren Beatty and Madonna--but the character's film appearances are perhaps most fondly recalled from the 1940s RKO Pictures series. Written with stacco dialogue and seldom running more than an hour, they were welcome "B" movies at almost every matinee.
The 1947 DICK TRACY MEETS ... Read More
Rating: - Boris Karloff Is The Main Attraction
In DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME the famous detective is able to trick Gruesome by placing a false story in the newspapers about another criminal who is going to squeal on Gruesome. Boris Karloff plays the part of Gruesome and he dominates the movie. Ralph Byrd has the role of Dick Tracy and Anne Gwynne is Tess Truehart.
The film was a big success for a "B" movie in both the United States and in Great Britain.
Rating:  - 1940's Nostalgia
Boris Karloff certainly looks the part as the recently released convict named Gruesome. The nerve gas story is corny as is the bank robbery scene especially when one bloke is frozen just as he is about to sneeze. Ralph Byrd returns as Dick Tracy and he later starred in the early 50's TV series. People who are familiar with the B movies of the 1940's will recognise character actors Milton Parsons and Skelton Knaggs as a professor and his assistant respectively. If you feel like going on a nostalgia ... Read More
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