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Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
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DEATH BATTLE... with Hook of Doom!
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Working title: "Dick Tracy vs. the Claw"
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Goofs
As Tracy chases The Claw to a junk yard, the sound of a chain link fence being climbed can be heard as Tracy is climbing a wood fence.
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Dick Tracy breaks another date with Tess to pursue a villain]
Tess Trueheart:
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Sometimes, I wish I had been a super criminal.
Vitamin Flintheart:
Why, my dear?
Tess Trueheart:
Because then I might get to see something of Mr. Dick Tracy!
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Soundtracks
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
(1943) Uncredited
Lyrics by
Johnny Mercer
Music by
Harold Arlen
Played without words on honky tonk piano at the Blinking Skull saloon
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This one has Tracy after a gang of fur-robbers' fence, with a couple of brutal murders thrown in along the way for a good measure.
A quite well made entry in the series, I agree that you don't always need a lot of money to make a well thought-out and entertaining film (the stupefyingly bad Blair Witch Project aside). The script and acting is satisfactorily brisk and logical, with a nice RKO-bound seedy and menacing atmosphere in evidence. Down those mean streets the Falcon never went! What makes it stand out however is the OTT performance by Jack Lambert as the Claw - a potent mix of Rondo Hatton's Creeper from the Pearl of Death and Long John Silver - the education system sure must have gone wrong with him!
As for Byrd for my money he was perfect as Tracy, with his jaw sticking out further than the brim of his hat producing even more shadows!