Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Genre: Action / Crime
Duration: 62 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
Stars: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys and Lyle Latell
IMDb score:
5,9 (1.571)
Releasedate: 22 November 1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball plot
"HE'S TERRIFIC! Your Favorite Crime Crusader!"
Detective Dick Tracy takes on a thug who is bald as a billiard ball and is therefore called Cueball. A diamond dealer is murdered and the diamonds worth $300,000 stolen. Cueball has information from the diamond cutters.
Actors and actresses
Dick Tracy
Tess Trueheart / Blythe Belmonte
Pat Patton
Mona Clyde, Sparkle's Secretary
Vitamin Flintheart
Harry 'Cueball' Lake
Percival Priceless, Antique Store Owner
Filthy Flora, Dripping Dagger Proprietor
Chief Brandon
Simon Little, Sparkle's Diamond Cutter
Reviews & comments
stephan73
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- 6269 messages
- 14504 votes
Watched the second Dick Tracy film right away.
Once again, this has turned out to be an atmospheric crime film leaning towards noir. And once again with fantastic characters (Dick Wessel as Cueball and Skelton Knaggs stand out).
The story is slightly less violent than the first Dick Tracy film, but certainly no less exciting. Cueball clearly enjoys strangling his victims.
After this film, it was over for Morgan Conway as Tracy. The audience felt that the original Dick Tracy (from the serials) should take over. I'll have to check soon to see how he fared!
4*
Translated from Dutch · View original
Roger Thornhill
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- 6156 messages
- 2521 votes
A very fun semi-police movie in which the plot seems to be merely a pretext to bring various colorful characters from the comic to life on the big screen, including Dick Wessel as the genuinely unpleasant Cueball, Ian Keith as the stylish Vitamin Flintheart, and the bizarre-looking Skelton Knaggs as diamond cutter Rudolph, who unfortunately appears far too little. Sadly, Dick Tracy himself remains a rather colorless hero in this film, and Morgan Conway is not an actor who can bring a bit of rosiness to his character's cheeks, but the supporting roles, the plot, and the pacing make up for a lot. Very entertaining.
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