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Rating: 6 stars

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All movies seen on 09/27/2025

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Dick Tracy (1945)

Directed by William Berke

Crime | Thriller

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Overview

Detective Tracy rescues Tess Trueheart and Junior from a killer called Splitface.

Length 61 minutes

Actors

Morgan Conway | Anne Jeffreys | Mike Mazurki | Jane Greer | Lyle Latell | Joseph Crehan | Mickey Kuhn | Trevor Bardette | Morgan Wallace | Milton Parsons | William Halligan | Sam Ash | Gertrude Astor | Tanis Chandler | Jack Chefe | Mary Currier | Ralph Dunn | Bruce Edwards | Edythe Elliott | Franklyn Farnum | Carl Faulkner | Jack Gargan | Edmund Glover | Kenner G. Kemp | Mike Lally | Wilbur Mack | George Magrill | Alphonse Martell | Harold Miller | Tommy Noonan | Florence Pepper | Alexander Pollard | Bob Reeves | Jason Robards Sr. | Harry Strang

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Saturday afternoon serial: thought I had seen this one when Ron logged it a few days ago but I didn’t have an entry. It’s streaming everywhere so I pulled it down from YT iirc and saved it for the weekend (love serials on the weekend).

I like everything except Tracy, which is a problem when he’s your titular character. Morgan Conway doesn’t have the right mix of chiseled good looks and charisma. And his Tracy is an asshole. Like, there’s a way to be a jerk to his girlfriend and still be charming; Conway doesn’t have that.

Ofc it’s great to see Mike Mazurki as Splitface. Perfect role for him.

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