DICK TRACYS DILEMMA

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• Release Year: 1947
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
• Plot: Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is back on the case in this hard-boiled caper featuring a comic-strip lineup of oddball characters. Summoned to the scene of a robbery and grisly double homicide, Tracy's investigation leads him to the psychopathic maniac, The Claw (Jack Lambert), who with the aid of a deadly hook-hand is able to terrorize the entire city. ; ; Ralph Byrd, who made such a memorable impression as Dick Tracy in Republic Pictures' serials, returns in the title role in RKO's third feature about Chester Gould's famous gumshoe. Dick Tracy's Dilemma successfully realizes the noir-filtered-through-surrealism quality of Gould's strip, not only with the infernal Claw but also with such outrageous, over-the-top denizens as the snitch Sightless, Longshot Lillie, and Vitamin. ; ;
• Cast: Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher, Jack Lambert, Ian Keith, Bernadene Hayes, Jimmy Conlin, William B. Davidson, Tony Barrett, Tom Keene, Eddie Borden, Al Bridge, Roger Creed, Wade Crosby, William Gould, Harry Harvey, Tom London, Charles Marsh, Sean McClory, Frank Mills, Jay Norris, Frank O'Connor, Jack Perrin, Jason Robards Sr., Harry Strang, Emmett Vogan, Elena Warren, Phil Warren, John Rawlins
• Director: John Rawlins
• Runtime: 1:00
• Company: Alpha Video
• Media Format: movie