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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.

KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!

Dick Tracy 1940s Collection

Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Starring: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne

Released: September 26, 1947

Runtime: 65.0

Popularity Rating: 0.317

RKO Radio Pictures

United States of America

Gruesome Boris Karloff
Dick Tracy Ralph Byrd
Tess Trueheart Anne Gwynne
Dr. L. E. Thal Edward Ashley
Dr. I.M. Learned / Irma June Clayworth
Pat Patton Lyle Latell
Melody Tony Barrett
X-Ray Skelton Knaggs
Dan Sterne (as Jim Nolan) James Nolan
Chief Brandon Joseph Crehan
Dr. A. Tomic Milton Parsons

Camera — Director of Photography: Frank Redman
Directing — Director: John Rawlins
Editing — Editor: Elmo Williams
Production — Producer: Herman Schlom
Sound — Original Music Composer: Paul Sawtell
Writing — Characters: Chester Gould
Writing — Screenplay: Eric Taylor
Writing — Screenplay: Robertson White
Writing — Story: Robert E. Kent
Writing — Story: William Graffis