Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
- Starring:
- Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gordon M. Douglas
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Morgan Conway made his final screen appearance as Chester Gould's granite-jawed detective Dick Tracy in this RKO Radio programmer. This time around, Tracy's nemesis is baldheaded jewel thief Cueball, played with blunt menace by Dick Wessel. Double-crossed by his gang, Cueball methodically bumps them off. This would normally delight the cops, who'd been wanting to get rid of the gang anyway, but unfortunately Cueball has vowed to eliminate Tracy as well. The villain's ultimate demise is as good as anything cooked up by Chester Gould for the comic strips. Directed and written in the same larger-than-life style of the Gould original, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball features such colorful characters as Tracy's main squeeze Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys), pill-popping ham actor Vitamin Flintheart (Ian Keith), waterfront hag Filthy Flora (Esther Howard) and jewelry shop proprietor Jules Priceless (Douglas Walton). For reasons that defy explanation, this delightfully daffy concoction was spotlighted in the notorious volume The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 62 mins
Complete Cast of Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
- Morgan Conway - Dick Tracy
- Lyle Latell - Pat Patton
- Ian Keith - Vitamin Flintheart
- Esther Howard - Filthy Flora
- Byron Foulger - Simon Little
- Milton Parsons - Higby
- Fred Aldrich - Man
- Raoul Freeman - Cop
- Frank Mills - Drunk
- Philip Warren - Dr. Martin
- Jason Robards, Sr. - Captain
- Perc Launders - Telephone Operator
- Lee Frederick - Purser
- Trevor Bardette - Lester Abbott
- Robert Bray - Steve
- Harry V. Cheshire - Jules Sparkle
- Anne Jeffreys - Tess Trueheart
- Rita Corday - Mona Clyde
- Douglas Walton - Percival Priceless
- Joseph Crehan - Chief Brandon
- Jimmy Crane - Junior
- Skelton Knaggs - Rudolph
- Dorothy Granger - Leeds
- Jimmy Clemons - Butch
- Dick Wessel - Cueball
- Max Wagner - Bartender
- William Newell - Piano Player
- Bill Wallace - Doorman
- Ralph Dunn - Cop
- Eddie Borden - Drunk
- Jack Cheatham - Cop
- Director(s):
- Gordon M. Douglas
- Writer(s):
- Robert Kent, Robert Kent, Dane Lussier
- Producer(s):
- Herman Schlom
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
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