Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) [Crime] [Action] [Mystery]

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The movie “Dick Tracy vs. Cueball” is a 1946 American pulp action film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. The dark and moody film noir stars Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy in the second installment of the Dick Tracy film series.

Luxurious diamonds are stolen but before the thief can safely hide them aboard an ocean liner he is strangled by ex-conman Cueball. Cueball takes the valuable diamonds and is given refuge by Filthy Flora, madam of the Dripping Dagger Bar, and then continues on murdering people that he believes are trying to double-cross him. Dick Tracy allows his attractive girlfriend Tess to act as a buyer for the diamonds but is put in grave danger when Cueball vows to eliminate …

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Directed by Gordon M. Douglas, produced by Herman Schlom, written by Chester Gould (characters), Luci Ward (story) and Dane Lussier, Robert E. Kent (sceenplay), Eric Taylor and Chester Gould (comic), starring Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy (the unstoppable detective in search of Cueball), Dick Wessel as Harry “Cueball” Lake (a murderous diamond thief. Gets his name after his big, round head. He strangles his victims with a braided leather hatband.), Anne Jeffreys as Tessie Trueheart (Dick Tracy’s lovely girlfriend), Lyle Latell as Pat Patton (Tracy’s bumbling partner), Esther Howard as Filthy Flora (madam of the Dripping Dagger), Ian Keith as Vitamin Flintheart (an aged thespian and friend of Tracy), Max Wagner as Max (Dripping Dagger bartender).

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Source: “Dick Tracy vs. Cueball” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 4 January 2013. Web. 7 April 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy_vs._Cueball.

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29 Replies to “Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) [Crime] [Action] [Mystery]”

  4. Black and white movies are the best! The clothing styles of the thirties and forties beats anything we wear today. Women were women and men were men. Video pollution has ruined everything. Too bad.

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  9. Morgan Conway is quite the Dick.Cueball took his medicine head on and standing tall.What can you say for Pat Patton,dumber than a stump.Tess rarely gets the dick,poor girl,she always seem to end up with the little Dick,and Vitamins.Why she keeps waiting for the big Dick is beyond me.

  10. Filthy-Flora makes this DT version the classic best of DT features.   Her drooping eye was really scary while she was getting the knotted rope.  I kinda wish DT would have made Conway's career but he was not resigned to play the part and was shortly out of the business (selling real estate in New York).  All the actors create great characters, led by Conway who appears to really have embraced the role.   What's Obama got to do with these splendid Saturday afternoon delights??  I never noticed how really violent these features were, but it was all in the name of good over evil when we were a young and very naive nation. 

  19. It's the professor from the previous movie being murdered right away! Clearly a lack of low budget actors around RKO in those days…

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