Dick Tracy

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A flawed but stylish adaptation of the Chester Gould comic strip by director Warren Beatty, who also stars in the title role. The minimalist plot involves a battalion of baddies who confront the intrepid detective in a series of strung-together vignettes. Al Pacino is a comedic if overblown standout as Big Boy Caprice, and Madonna simply smolders as aggressive blonde bombshell Breathless Mahoney. It matters not that the plot is Spartan, as this dazzling eye candy is much enhanced by Stephen Sondheim's songs, including the Academy Award-winning ditty, "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)." Beatty took his cue from the source material and concentrated on the relationships between these people, whether strained, romantic, or hateful. The performances are subtle and more amusing than you would expect from such a visually bold picture. Shot in bright, primary colors, this also won Oscars for Best Art/Set Direction and Makeup (for those inventively hideous criminals). Watch for well-known names, such as Dustin Hoffman and Dick Van Dyke, in cameo appearances and supporting roles. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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Legendary police detective Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters. Dedicated to his work but at the same time devoted to his loyal girlfriend, Tess Trueheart, Tracy find himself torn between love and duty. His relentless crusade against crime becomes even more difficult when he gets saddled with an engaging orphan and meets seductive and sultry Breathless Mahoney, a torch singer determined to get the best of Tracy. A faceless character, the Blank, threatens both Tracy and Big Boy, and it takes all of Tracy's skills to save the city.

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Old Time Fun.......2007-06-08

A good movie with lots of known players. Good clean fun. Brings back the good old days. Enjoyable.

Great movie for the dectective at heart.......2007-05-15

Dick Tracy is an action packed classic detective story. The movie features loads of bad guys that each has a unique visual presence throughout the movie. Warren Beatty gives a realistic and believable performance as Dick Tracy himself. For those looking for some nostalgic Madonna action, look no further. She's stylish and sexy in those black outfits she wears.

If you're looking for a fun night at the movies, this is a winner!

Dick Tracy.......2007-05-13

Excellent film! Excellent soundtrack! Seen it time and time again.

Why Marvell Cariaga is listed as the main star, I have no idea. Warren Beatty is the main character.

a good film bad judgement.......2007-02-25

why is itevery time beatty enters the picture with a film hes gotta louse it up by acting in it i know he like to look at himself in the mirror but so dose every other director look at george lucas for example and you dont see him screwing all his films up well not all his films any way take this picture for instantce it could do without the love story and stick to the point of the plot getting caprice this is why sin city was great it stuck to the point second nobody cares for madonna somebody else that could have stayed out of this film ive read dick tracy its no brodway comic strip or disney for that matter frank miller should have taken over the screenplay and did it justice.hopefully somebody else will remake this film but with beatty fighting to ruin the strip yet again in court that wont be happening anytime soon.

Film/Comic Book Noir at its Best.......2007-01-28

With great performances from Al Pacino to Dustin Hoffman, music by Sondheim and Danny Elfman, and beautiful colors and costumes, this is a truly unique and highly enjoyable movie each time you watch it.

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Dick Tracy the Serial (B&W)

Dick Tracy: 15 Chapter Serial
Starring: Ralph Byrd , Smiley Burnette , Francis X. Bushman , George de Normand , and John Dilson
Director: Alan James , and Ray Taylor
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ASIN: B0009OIEDM
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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With square-jawed Ralph Byrd as the title character, this serial is by far the best of the many Dick Tracy releases. Spanning 15 chapters of action and adventure, our hero faces a wicked criminal called the Spiderwho flies around in a killer-sound-wave-blasting contraption called The Wingand kidnaps the detectives brother. 1937/b&w/5 hrs/NR.

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Dick Tracy the Serial (B&W).......2007-03-09

THE QUALITY IS GREAT NOTHING LIKE WHEN IT WAS ON VIDEO CASSETTE - I WAS VERY SUPRISED ABOUT IT. AS FAR AS THE SERIAL - I AM A SERIAL FAN AND IT IS GREAT.

Dick Tracy Collection: (Dick Tracy, Detective / Dick Tracy vs. Cueball / Dick Tracy's Dilemma / Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome)

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For the Budget Conscious May I Suggest...
Dick Tracy: The Ultimate Collection

Dick Tracy Collection: (Dick Tracy, Detective / Dick Tracy vs. Cueball / Dick Tracy's Dilemma / Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome)
Starring: Morgan Conway , Anne Jeffreys , Lyle Latell , Rita Corday , and Ian Keith
Director: Gordon Douglas , and John Rawlins
Manufacturer: ROAN
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ASIN: 6305493723
Release Date: 1999-10-26

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"Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" starring Boris Karloff. Interview with creator Chester Gould. "Dick Tracy in B Flat" starring Bing Crosby (Tracy), Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore & Jimmy Durante. 4 Radio Broadcasts.

Customer Reviews:

For the Budget Conscious May I Suggest..........2006-11-12

I just watched two of these Tracy flicks, Dick Tracy Detective and Dick Tracy meets Gruesome and both were pretty good. They are Universal productions so unlike a Monogram or similar studio, these have a decent production quality.
I wont review the movies here but if your a Tracy fan you'll enjoy them. I got three of these flicks on the 50 Movie Pack Mystery ASIN: B0001HAGTW here at Amazon, and it was half the price of this package, its only 3 of the 4 films but you get another 47 movies to make up for it and the prints were decent.

Dick Tracy: The Ultimate Collection.......2001-02-20

If you liked the Dick Tracy comics, you'll love these 4 films. The first 2 on disc 1 star Morgan Conway, a little known actor, who does look the part. The other 2 on disc 2 bring back Ralph Byrd who played the role in 4 cliff hanger serials in the 30s. Plus there are some nice little extras after each movie on each side of each disc. So put on your yellow trenchcoats it's time for some grade B mysteries of grade A caliber.

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Dick Tracy and Nancy Drew

Manufacturer: PC Treasures, INC.
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DVD includes 2 full length movies
Dick Tracy meets Gruesome
Nancy Drew...Reporter
Includes BONUS Cartoon-Felix the Cat in The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg

ASIN: B000CSXXRC

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With terrific courage and unwavering purpose, these determined detectives are on the case, investigating the greatest mysteries of their crime-fighting careers. From the winning revolve of the famous Nancy Drew to the Stoic Dick Tracy and his colorful rogues gallery of despicable villians, the thrilling movies caputured on this terrific DVD collection.

Great Detectives: Dick Tracy vs Cueball/Shadow

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Great Detectives: Dick Tracy vs Cueball/Shadow
Starring: Great Detectives: Dick Tracy Vs Cuebal
Manufacturer: Mill Creek Ent
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ASIN: B0007P0Y04
Release Date: 2005-03-22

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Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

Manufacturer: Treasure Box Collection
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ASIN: B0002ATZ7M

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Dick Tracy is a television classics from the 1950's. Dick Tracy the famous detective is faced with crimes and murder which he must solve. 90 Mins runtime, B&W, Digitally Remastered.

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Dick Tracy.......2004-11-04

Containing three "classic" episodes from the 1950-51 television series "Dick Tracy," DICK TRACY is for completists or Tracy-philes only. Ralph Byrd, who'd played Tracy in serials and b-movies since 1937, stars as the square-jawed detective.
The three episodes are "Dick Tracy Meets Flattop," "Dick Tracy Versus Heels Beels," and "Hi-Jack." The bad guys, grotesque caricatures in Chester Gould's comic strips, are here simply a little odd. The original Flattop had a very wide, flat topped head. In this episode he wears an umbrella beret. Heels Beels is a short thug who hides stolen jewels in the hollow heels of his platform shoes. A really diminutive fellow in the strips, here he looks like Whitey from the Dead-End Kids. Short, but not grotesquely so. Hi-Jack steals cars. Yawn.
These episodes were filmed on cheap film stock by a director who apparently didn't believe in wasting film on a second take. The stories are talky, the action stilted, the stories' are silly. Some of the transfers look pretty rough. For whatever reason the three episodes are all missing end credits, so good luck figuring out who's playing the villains and secondary characters. The runtime information on the cover is a little misleading as well. It's not "approx. 90 mins." Rather it's closer to 70 minutes, each episode clocking out at about 22 minutes.
Fans of Ralph Byrd's Dick Tracy might get a kick out of this. Others should consider themselves duly warned.

Dick Tracy, Detective / Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

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Dick Tracy, Detective / Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Starring: Great Detectives: Dick Tracy Detective
Manufacturer: Mill Creek Ent
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ASIN: B0007P0XZA
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome/Dick Tracy, Detective

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome/Dick Tracy, Detective
Starring: Boris Karloff; Morgan Conway
Director: Multi
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
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ASIN: B0002PX5J6
Release Date: 2002-02-02

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Double Feature, 2 Movies For The Price Of 1

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TRACY MY HERO
Dick Tracy DVD

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome / Dick Tracy, Detective
Starring: Dick Tracy
Manufacturer: Marengo Films
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Dick Tracy - 15-Episode Serial

ASIN: B00004WL4X
Release Date: 2000-11-28

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DICK TRACY DETECTIVE-TRACY MEETS GRUESOME (DVD MOVIE)

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TRACY MY HERO.......2005-05-05

I have always loved mystery movies and this DVD has two! If you like the old films like the Thin Man, The Shadow, Mr.Wong Detective... you will love these two movies.

Congratulations to Marengo Films... these are very nicely done. This DVD is a bargain.

Dick Tracy DVD.......2000-12-13

This is a must for Dick Tracy Fans! This DVD released by Marengo Films pairs Dick Tracy Meets Grusome with Boris Karolff and Dick Tracy Detective. The presentation is very well done, the DVD cover has the old comic book look from the 1940's. All the detail is there, the quality is especially good and for the price you can't go wrong!

Crime Stoppers, Vol. 1: Mr. Wong, Detective/Dick Tracy's Dilemma/Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

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Very Enjoyable Collection
Get a clue, people...
Quick Watson, we've not a moment to lose!
The Great Detective lives on!

Crime Stoppers, Vol. 1: Mr. Wong, Detective/Dick Tracy's Dilemma/Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Starring: Ralph Byrd , Lyle Latell , Kay Christopher , Jack Lambert , and Ian Keith
Director: John Rawlins , and William Nigh
Manufacturer: Sling Shot
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ASIN: B00003ETQB
Release Date: 2000-08-22

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Very Enjoyable Collection.......2007-02-12

All 3 of these films are very enjoyable, with clear picture and terrific sound. They are all short, and the time invested watching them was well-spent. They are classics of the B-movie genre; 2 with Karloff, 2 with Dick Tracy (not the same ones!), all with quick editing, rapid-fire dialogue, witty repartee and wonderful characters. Some politically correct persons may take issue with Karloff's Mr. Wong, but it's what they did back then with low-budget films. I enjoyed this trio of films immensely. PS~A lot of reviewers here got this confused with a Sherlock Holmes anthology, apparently of poor quality. Ignore reviews about this product that refer to the Sherlock Holmes product...

Get a clue, people..........2005-07-29

Sherlock Holmes is not even on this video!

The 3 movies on Crime Stoppers Vol 1 are:

Mr. Wong, Detective - Detective Wong investigates the death of a chemical manufacturer and discovers an international spy ring plotting to steal the secret formula for an invisible poisonous gas. Starring Boris Karloff.

Dick Tracy's Dilemma - An evil villain known as The Claw, named for the steel hook in place of his hand, has murdered a man while robbing a shipment of furs. It's Dick Tracy's job to hunt him down and bring him to justice! Starring Ralph Byrd.

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome - Boris Karloff plays Gruesome, a delightfully creepy mastermind behind a clever group of bank robbers who use a special gas that temporarily immobilizes people in their tracks. Starring Ralph Byrd.

BONUS features:
"Breakdowns of 1940" - Warner Bros blooper reel
Classic Popeye cartoon - "Popeye for President"
Tales of Mystery and Supense radio show - "Consequences" starring Jimmy Stewart, originally broadcast May 19, 1949.

Quick Watson, we've not a moment to lose!.......2000-07-21

These films of an earlier age are everything a good modern film should not be. They are campy, over-acted, cliche-ish, over dramatised and poorly dubbed (with a british actor's voice for background speech).

In spite of all of that, there is no one else who can play Sherlock Holms and Dr. Watson as can Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. And the bumbling Inspector LeStrade is priceless. These are classic and timeless films - great fun to watch - one can almost put them in a category with Charlie Chaplain. Very good entertainment value in spite of their short running time (each film generally only ran about one hour in length) and obvious age.

I'd managed to tape all 14 of them from the late night movies a while back; and now watch them whenever I'm in the mood for light entertainment. I'm thrilled that they are finally being released in the DVD format -- hopefully we'll see the entire set re-published.

If you're one of those who turn up their nose at older films because of a lack of action, effects and the like, this collection is not for you. But if you enjoy films of the 40's and liked the exploits of the world's most famous detective, this is a set to get. Get your coat, Watson -- the game is afoot!

~P~

The Great Detective lives on!.......2000-06-20

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce will be forever remembered as "Hollywood's Holmes and Watson". This DVD gift pack (one hopes the first of many) recaptures the timeless duo in four adventures.

In "The Woman In Green", Holmes finds himself wrapped up in Ripper-like murders of young London women. When he investigates a beautiful woman who is also a master hypnotist, he finds he may end up dead. Features Henry Daniell in a wonderful performance of Holmes' most famous nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" finds Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson fighting Nazis in World War II. Loosely based on 'The Dancing Men', Holmes must locate and reclaim the secret plans of a devastatig weapon before the Nazis use it for their own evil purposes. The WWII Holmes films are excellent documents of the times. Many people don't remember the militarization of Hollywood during the 1940s when every film had to pass the litmus test of "How will this help us win the war?" Every film from an American studio was used to a degree as propaganda to help in the war effort. The Sherlock Holmes film series was no exception, and thus we find our beloved characters unaged in the then present day - without explanation, but still an enjoyable film.

Getting away from the War, we come to "Dressed to Kill" where Holmes finds that a music box is the key to an elaborate counterfeiting scheme. Patricia Morrison is great in this film and Rathbone and Bruce have their share of moments as Holmes and Watson.

Finally, probably my favorite, "Terror By Night" is a great Holmes adventure which has as much comic relief as intrigue. A murder has been committed on a train, and Holmes must find the killer before the train reaches it's destination. It's high adventure at high speed where Holmes finds himself reunited with bumbling Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade, who has just the right amount of comic timing.

This is the first time these movies have been available in a format that's worth watching; until recently you could only purchase them in the low definition EP VHS format. Plus, the discs also feature a rare interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, making the set a must have for both Holmes enthusiasts and classic movie buffs alike!

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