Dick Tracy (1945)

Director: William Berke
Writers: Chester Gould (comic strip)
Eric Taylor (writer)
Release Date: 1 December 1945 (USA) more
Genre: Action - Mystery - Crime - Thriller


* Cast :

Morgan Conway ... Dick Tracy
Anne Jeffreys ... Tess Trueheart
Mike Mazurki ... 'Splitface'
Jane Greer ... Judith Owens
Lyle Latell ... Pat Patton
Joseph Crehan ... Chief Brandon
Mickey Kuhn ... Junior
Trevor Bardette ... Prof. Linwood J. Starling
Morgan Wallace ... Steve Owens
Milton Parsons ... Deathridge the Undertaker
William Halligan ... Mayor


* Plot :

Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces.


Suspects abound but Tracy, getting a clue that there will be fifteen murders in all, must find the common thread among the victims before more are killed.