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26/09/1947 Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller 1h 5m
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KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM!

Overview

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

  1. John Rawlins

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Boris Karloff

    Gruesome

  2. Ralph Byrd

    Dick Tracy

  3. Anne Gwynne

    Tess Trueheart

  4. Edward Ashley

    Dr. L.E. Thal

  5. June Clayworth

    Dr. I.M. "Irma" Learned

  6. Lyle Latell

    Pat Patton

  7. Tony Barrett

    Melody

  8. Skelton Knaggs

    X-Ray

  9. James Nolan

    Dan Sterne

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-07
Now this made me laugh - it is certainly one of the more preposterous of these adventure yarns. Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) and Tess Trueheart (Anne Gwynne) are called in to investigate a series of intriguing bank robberies where the customers/staff are poleaxed by a nerve gas that enables the robbers to calmly rob the place without anyone even knowing. Of course, at the bottom of the dastardly scene is "Gruesome" - one of the livelier outings for Boris Karloff that I've seen. The script is terrible, and the still-life effects are pretty cheap and cheerful photographic freezes, but you can tell th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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