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Actors: Ralph Byrd, Boris Karloff, Anne Gwynne
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome |
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Tess True hart (Anne Gwynne) finds herself stuck in the middle of a bank robbery where she observes a very strange occurrence from the phone booth. It appears that all of the staff and patrons have been frozen in time and cannot move or see. One call to Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) and he is hot on the trail of a ruthless gang using a newly developed freeze gas to commit their crimes.
At the head of the gang is the infamous Gruesome (Boris Karloff) and he isn't someone to tangle with. Neither are his gang members Dr. Lee Thal, who developed the gas formula, Melody, who is a criminal piano player and X-Ray, the minion who wears glasses that are way too thick. Gruesome has no qualms about kidnapping or killing.
Tracy, on the other hand, is determined to stop this gang before anyone else gets hurt. Even if he has to put himself in a very dangerous position to do so. When Melody is injured in a car accident, Tracy finds the perfect opportunity to get in on the inside. Melody aka Tracy is kidnapped from the hospital by the unknowing Gruesome who uses his special gas to knock people out. This includes the detective and when he awakes a chasing gun battle ensues.
--Talea, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- robber
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- eccentric
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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