Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Sep 26, 1947

1h 5m

★ 5.3

KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Trailers

Cast

Gruesome

Boris Karloff

Dick Tracy

Ralph Byrd

Tess Trueheart

Anne Gwynne

Dr. L.E. Thal

Edward Ashley

Dr. I.M. "Irma" Learned

June Clayworth

Pat Patton

Lyle Latell

Melody

Tony Barrett

X-Ray

Skelton Knaggs

Dan Sterne

James Nolan

Chief Brandon

Joseph Crehan

Dr. A. Tomic

Milton Parsons

Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

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