Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)

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Morgan Conway made his final screen appearance as Chester Gould's granite-jawed detective Dick Tracy in this RKO Radio programmer. This time around, Tracy's nemesis is baldheaded jewel thief Cueball, played with blunt menace by Dick Wessel. Double-crossed by his gang, Cueball methodically bumps them… More Morgan Conway made his final screen appearance as Chester Gould's granite-jawed detective Dick Tracy in this RKO Radio programmer. This time around, Tracy's nemesis is baldheaded jewel thief Cueball, played with blunt menace by Dick Wessel. Double-crossed by his gang, Cueball methodically bumps them off. This would normally delight the cops, who'd been wanting to get rid of the gang anyway, but unfortunately Cueball has vowed to eliminate Tracy as well. The villain's ultimate demise is as good as anything cooked up by Chester Gould for the comic strips. Directed and written in the same larger-than-life style of the Gould original, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball features such colorful characters as Tracy's main squeeze Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys), pill-popping ham actor Vitamin Flintheart (Ian Keith), waterfront hag Filthy Flora (Esther Howard) and jewelry shop proprietor Jules Priceless (Douglas Walton). For reasons that defy explanation, this delightfully daffy concoction was spotlighted in the notorious volume The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 2 min.
Directed By: Gordon Douglas
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

In Theaters: Dec 18, 1946 Wide
On DVD: Oct 9, 2001
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

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Cast

            Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy

            Anne Jeffreys as Tess Trueheart

            Lyle Latell as Pat Patton

            Rita Corday as Mona Clyde

            Ian Keith as Vitamin Flintheart

            Douglas Walton as Percival Priceless

            Esther Howard as Filthy Flora

            Joseph Crehan as Chief Brandon

            Byron Foulger as Simon Little

            Jimmy Crane as Junior

            Milton Parsons as Higby

            Skelton Knaggs as Rudolph

            Fred Aldrich as Man

            Trevor Bardette as Lester Abbott

            Eddie Borden as Drunk

            Robert Bray as Steve

            Jack Cheatham as Cop

            Harry V. Cheshire as Jules Sparkle

            Ralph Dunn as Cop

            Lee Frederick as Purser

            Dorothy Granger as Leeds

            Perc Launders as Telephone Operator

            William Newell as Piano Player

            Jason Robards Sr. as Captain

            Max Wagner as Bartender

            Philip Warren as Dr. Martin

            Dick Wessel as Cueball

            Frank Mills as Drunk

            Jimmy Clemons as Butch

            Raoul Freeman as Cop

            Bill Wallace as Doorman
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