Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!
65 min
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.
- Release date
- September 26, 1947
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Gruesome
- Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy
- Anne Gwynne as Tess Trueheart
- Edward Ashley as Dr. L.E. Thal
- June Clayworth as Dr. Irma M. Learned
- Lyle Latell as Pat Patton
- Tony Barrett as Melody
- Skelton Knaggs as X-Ray
- James Nolan as Dan Sterne
- Joseph Crehan as Police Chief Brandon
Crew
- John Rawlins · Director
- Robertson White · Writer
- Eric Taylor · Writer
- William Graffis · Writer
- Robert E. Kent · Writer
- Herman Schlom · Producer
- Paul Sawtell · Composer
- Frank Redman · Cinematographer
- Elmo Williams · Editor