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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 26, 1947

Original Title:
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Alternate Titles:
Dick Tracy Contra o Monstro
Dick Tracy Enfrenta Gruesome
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Dick Tracy Meets Karloff
Dick Tracy contra lui Gruesome
Dick Tracy contre le gang
Dick Tracy möter Gruesom
Dick Tracy vs. Dr. Nerves
Dick Tracy vs. The Gruesome Gang
Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure
Proezas de Bandidos
Дик Трейси: Встреча с Ужасным

Genres:
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 65

KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Albert S. D'Agostino
Walter E. Keller

Assistant Director:
James Lane

Characters:
Chester Gould

Director:
John Rawlins

Director of Photography:
Frank Redman

Editor:
Elmo Williams

Makeup Supervisor:
Gordon Bau

Original Music Composer:
Paul Sawtell

Producer:
Herman Schlom

Screenplay:
Robertson White
Eric Taylor

Set Decoration:
James Altwies
Darrell Silvera

Sound:
Terry Kellum
Jean L. Speak

Special Effects:
Russell A. Cully

Story:
William Graffis
Robert E. Kent

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