Directed by:
John RawlinsScreenplay:
Eric TaylorCinematography:
Frank RedmanComposer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Edward Ashley, June Clayworth, Tony Barrett, Joseph Crehan, Lex Barker, Robert Clarke, Ernie Adams, Tom Keene, Bert Roach (more)Plots(1)
The film gets off with a rollicking start at The Hangman's Knot, a gritty dive with an ominous neon-lit noose blinking in the bar's window, where the terrifying Gruesome (Boris Karloff) has just arrived, fresh from being sprung from the slammer. A crony informs him of a new scheme in the works that involved this use of paralyzing gas to pull off flawless robberies. Sure enough, the evil Gruesome and his gang hold up a bank, freezing everyone inside (except Dick Tracy's gal, Tess Truehart) with the poisonous substance. It appears as though the invincible Tracy has met his match, so much so that his faithful right-hand man, Pat Patton (Lyle Latell), quips, "If I didn't know better, I'd swear we were doing business with Boris Karloff!" Undaunted, Tracy devises a clever plan to beat Gruesome at his own sinister game. (official distributor synopsis)
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Lee Phelps
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