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… 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
- Directed By
- Gordon Douglas
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 18, 1946 Wide
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
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Cast
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Morgan Conway
as Dick Tracy
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Anne Jeffreys
as Tess Trueheart
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Lyle Latell
as Pat Patton
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Rita Corday
as Mona Clyde
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Ian Keith
as Vitamin Flintheart
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Douglas Walton
as Percival Priceless
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Esther Howard
as Filthy Flora
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Joseph Crehan
as Chief Brandon
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Byron Foulger
as Simon Little
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Jimmy Crane
as Junior
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Milton Parsons
as Higby
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Skelton Knaggs
as Rudolph
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Fred Aldrich
as Man
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Trevor Bardette
as Lester Abbott
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Eddie Borden
as Drunk
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Robert Bray
as Steve
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Jack Cheatham
as Cop
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Harry V. Cheshire
as Jules Sparkle
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Ralph Dunn
as Cop
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Lee Frederick
as Purser
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Dorothy Granger
as Leeds
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Perc Launders
as Telephone Operator
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William Newell
as Piano Player
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Jason Robards Sr.
as Captain
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Max Wagner
as Bartender
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Philip Warren
as Dr. Martin
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Dick Wessel
as Cueball
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Frank Mills
as Drunk
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Jimmy Clemons
as Butch
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Raoul Freeman
as Cop
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Bill Wallace
as Doorman
