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Rainey Dawn This time Dick Tracy find a new nemesis called Gruesome! A very tough Gruesome has escaped from prison and surprises and old gang. A scientist/chemist called A. Tomic has created a gas formula that will sorta freeze people in there current position for awhile then they go back to being normal - as if nothing happened. Gruesome gets a hold of this chemical gas and uses it in a major bank robbery! Tracy's girlfriend was in that bank using the phone booth - door closed - so she pretended to be frozen as the others but managed to secretly call Tracy to the scene. Gruesome gets away just in time and Tracy along with his sidekick Pat are out to solve the strange case.Another good Dick Tracy movie - fun to watch! And Boris Karloff as Gruesome added even more fun to the film!! 9/10

Tyrssen-282-277645 Like many low-budget serials, this one is about as bad as you'd expect, looking more like some of the flaky stuff that had been done ten years previously. The one shining light in this thing is, of course, Karloff. Watch it for him, and it's good for a grin.Bear in mind, this has no relation to actual law or police procedure! Tracy and his pal whip out those .38's and fire, no matter what the surroundings, and for little reason. He breaks into a professor's house and searches it, all without benefit of a warrant. There are dozens of other things that real cops wouldn't get away with today -- and I don't think they did back then, either!But as long as you're not expecting "Gone With The Wind," it's good for a bit of fun.

tedg The reason I like to dip into old "mysteries" is because sometimes they are extremely clever. This one has one of the more interesting ideas behind it.Oh, the movie itself is as dull as a soft brick. A newspaper rat threatens to report on the problem, throwing people into a panic and causing a run on the banks... unless Tracy comes through in a few hours.But the idea is sweet.The bad guy here is played by Boris Karloff. In the first few minutes, there is a joke about the strangeness being like dealing with Boris Karloff. He plays a guy who apparently dies and then comes to life. He coopts a good-hearted but twisted scientist who has created a seemingly magical formula. The formula causes people to freeze (while banks are robbed) , allowing for an inexpensive cinematic effect.The bad guy's sidekick is x-ray. Tracy's final ruse has him bandaged up like the mummy. The film itself is a bore. But you can imagine the glee in the home of the writer, when he put this together. Writers. Love em.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

gftbiloxi Originated by Chester Gould's syndicated comic strip, Dick Tracy has been a durable cinematic character with appearances ranging from 1930s serials to an over-hyped 1990 blockbuster-style motion picture starring Warren Beatty and Madonna--but the character's film appearances are perhaps most fondly recalled from the 1940s RKO Pictures series. Written with stacco dialogue and seldom running more than an hour, they were welcome "B" movies at almost every matinée.The 1947 DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME is very typical of the series in terms of style, plot, and Ralph Byrd, who frequently played the character; it is atypical in the sense that it also features a major star, none other than Boris Karloff, who appears as Gruesome. In this particular tale, the criminal Gruesome is taken to meet a mysterious professor--and through him stumbles onto a chemical that makes people freeze in their tracks for several minutes. It's an ideal weapon for a bank heist, but Gruesome runs afoul of Tess Trueheart (Anne Gwynne, popular WWII pin-up and "B" actress in such titles as FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE and HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN), who is on the scene and unaffected. Tess manages to alert Tracy and the manhunt is soon underway.The film makes use of cartoonist Gould's knack for odd names--on this occasion including Dr. A. Tomic--and shoot-'em-up action, and Karloff scores a particularly menacing turn with, of all things, a furnace. No one would accuse it of being high-end or particularly inventive, but it is a fun little flick of its time; while casual viewers will find it very slight, Tracy fans will have fun.GFT, Amazon Reviewer