Dick Tracy (1945) [Crime] [Action] [Mystery]

The movie "Dick Tracy" (also known as "Dick Tracy, Detective") is a 1945 American pulp action film based on the Dick Tracy comic strip created by Chester Gould. The film is the first installment of the Dick Tracy film series.
Dick Tracy (Morgan Conway), a supremely intelligent police detective, must solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces by the one known as Splitface. Suspects flourish but Tracy must find the common link of extortion and revenge before more are killed.
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Directed by William A. Berke, produced by Herman Schlom, written by Eric Taylor and Chester Gould (comic), starring Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy (the tough detective, who let's nothing stand in the way of justice), Anne Jeffreys as Tess Trueheart (Tracy's girlfriend, who often falls victim to her boyfriends workoholism), Mike Mazurki as Alexis "Splitface" Banning (a psychotic ex-con who seeks revenge. His weapon is a sharp surgical knife. He has a big disfiguring scar across his face), Jane Greer as Jane Owens (a suspect), Lyle Latell as Pat Patton (Tracy's bumbling assistant), Joseph Crehan as Chief Brandon (the reliable chief of police), Mickey Kuhn as Junior (Tracy's adopted son), Trevor Bardette as Prof. Linwood J. Starling (a strange medium, and also a suspect), Morgan Wallace as Steve Owens (a stern businessman), Milton Parsons as Deathridge the Undertaker (a mysterious, skeletal suspect) and William Halligan as Mayor (the worried mayor of Chicago).
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Source: "Dick Tracy (1945 film)" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 17 March 2013. Web. 5 April 2013. en.wikipedia.or....
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[@qokl8skeight]

I once had a Dick Tracy book. I may be young but I prefer old black and white stuff over the shit they have on TV now.

[@Gravydog316]

+Sarbear Marsh oh? what kind? big? little? I have always loved DT; just curious :-)

[@Alwizcaliteach]

We may be young, too (50's, LOL) and we prefer black & white too.

[@Gravydog316]

Tresha S. well, i'm almost 21, & I love this stuff. So do my friends, actually :-)

[@qokl8skeight]

+Tresha S. I'm gonna be 19 in less than a month :) and the book wasn't a comic, it was a hardcover book, with the occasional illustration.

[@Gravydog316]

Sarbear Marsh oh really??? hmm thats different!

[@shakaama]

Watching this makes me very aware of how much my attention span is so diminished now, due to modern TV, youtube, vines. I should watch more of these to bring my attention span back to normal.

[@sclogse1]

+shakaama FInd and watch the early Peter Lorre Mr. Moto stuff on youtube, or wherever. A bit shorter than normal length films, they packed great production, fun dialogue, and Peter before he fixed his teeth. I think the series was the best of this sort of thing...way better than Charlie Chan, etc.

[@Gravydog316]

+shakaama lol i think everyone should

[@sclogse1]

Should watch Moto, or fix their teeth?

[@rightfulfuture4]

Shakaama Supposedly books can help

[@ajweberman]

Junior is gonna hook up with her if dick keeps splitting

[@TrustJesusToday]

Dick Tracy was one of my favorite Sunday Funnies. The 60s TV cartoons were OK, but these RKO features are special.

[@sageantone7291]

The cartoons were AMAZING

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@sageantone7291Yes. Big splash panels instead of little talking heads like these days. 😿

[@36cmbr]

Tracy vs. Cueball is my favorite of the feature films. I used to have these on VHS and have watched them so many times that I would think they've grown old or dated somehow -- but no. I still dig these. When I left Washington State I hesitantly donated my entire VHS and Mp3 collections to the local library. Now I've learned to hang out on the WWW. Ain't it great !! Gotta love it !!

[@gspendlove]

I've got this book called The Fifty Worst Films Ever Made. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball is one of the movies they listed. I was curious to see it, so I found it here on YT. Those writers didn't know what they were talking about. I guess they just don't appreciate movies the way I do.

[@tyronnefelder9324]

Qq

[@101Volts]

@@gspendlove Yeah, that's ridiculous. I suppose they saw it because it went to Public Domain and they didn't have to look far for it. It's just a bad idea to watch movies from the 1930s - 1940s in the same way as one would with more modern films.

[@gspendlove]

@@101Volts Well, on the one hand, they did put Myra Breckenridge and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians in that book, surely two of the worst films ever made. On the other hand, they also had The Omen in there. The Omen. So there's good and bad judgment in everyone, I guess.

[@TaranAlvein]

This was a pretty good movie! It had a good mystery, and I liked that when Tracy finds the shoe, he's not immediately certain that it's Junior's shoe, but admits that he's grasping at straws and will take any clue he can find. Junior was also a really great sidekick, very clever! The only complaint I had was how both Tracy and Junior raised a ruckus kicking into some junk on that boat. You're sneaking around, watch where you step!

[@henryrojas9006]

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[@zxtenn]

I am 64 and love these old classics, such pretty and classy actresses with hourglass bodies

[@bumblebeemoi]

Of course, Tracy could never have beaten Scarface in a fight. Scarface was the great Mike Mazurki, one of the best movie "bad guys" and a former professional wrestler.

[@aussiegirl2302]

Philip Bourdon Yes he was awesome

[@philsawyer7005]

i knew mike mazurki.he was from my hometown a BIG MAN!!!!!!!!!!! and a swetheart of a gentleman!!!!

[@APRAPR-nq2wn]

no shit Dick Tracy

[@thomasdoyle4554]

@Liberty Tree freecs n

[@bostonfrank6739]

I saw him in other roles but I can't remember where

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Easy to blend in with the crowd as a crook back in '45: every guy is wearing a suit and a hat.

[@eddancer1381]

I've never read a Dick Tracy comic book but I enjoy watching the movies. Thank for the upload TMC. Ed

[@Gravydog316]

+Ed Fulmer Sr you should check out a comic!! you might like 'em!

[@eddancer1381]

I prefer to check you out HAHA

[@Gravydog316]

Ed Fulmer Sr lol ok

[@eddancer1381]

Sarah I'm on face book Ed

[@Gravydog316]

+Ed Fulmer Sr www.plus.google.com/sarahbpeters

[@italianstallion9148]

Wow! My first time watching this film. It was such a joy to see. I love these old 1940s detective films. It sparks an interest in becoming a detective... heh, who knows. Anyways, this is now on my top 10 favorite movie list. Dick Tracy (1945) ❤

[@bostonfrank6739]

watch Dick Tracy vs Cueball 1946. It is better than this.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@bostonfrank6739No it's not.

[@philipdefibaugh7127]

Did anyone else enjoy the title sequence with the various Dick Tracy Villians like Flattop, Pruneface, and the Brow even though none of them appear in this film?

[@shawnmalone9711]

Yes, and Little Face Finney , Shaky , Gravel Gertie , and the Summer sisters too.

[@shawnmalone9711]

Did I forget B.O. Plenty? Lol

[@terencemckenna6468]

Fun fact. Split Face is related to my cousin Fq Face.

[@haroldcale4767]

Love to watch these old movies mostly late night.. tv.. yeap

[@shawnmalone9711]

These Dick Tracy movies used to come on Movies Til Dawn on KTLA ,Channel 5 , Los Angeles. I was tired the next day at school , but I watched them. When the Warren Beatty Dick Tracy movie came out in 1990, all of these movie were on tv again. I taped them on our VCR. (Parent's you need to explain to your kids about 1980's-90 technology , lol ). The movies are still crystal clear after 28 years.👍👍👍👍

[@nameskhar1510]

Yeah, this is cool with Conway as Tracy ... Jeffreys is fine, but Jane ("Baby, I don't care") Greer! Hmm, damn, she is the joint. Thanks for sharing this film, I like all of it.

[@shawnmalone9711]

I liked the 1947 , film noir movie Out Of The Past with Robert Mitchum too. Remember this movie was made in 1945 , and I'm sure all actors and actresses have to start somewhere.😀😀😀😀

[@cha5]

A fun film, But IMHO an authentic Dick Tracy movie (authentic in the style of the Chester Gould comic strip) would really have something of a flavor of a pre Hays Code movie and would be dark noirish and bloody.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

I always liked Jan Sterling's tooth gap...in the days before Lauren Hutton. Jan was one of my early boyhood crushes when she played a ghost on the "Topper" TV show in the 1950;s.

[@peternicholson233]

@ 34.00 "my nose could use a little powder too". Oh, the things you can't say anymore...

[@Dave-ze6ji]

The mayor deserves worst actor in this movie. Loved the movie though.

[@NancyDrewe]

Thanks, this is my first time watching a Dick Tracy movie and it’s actually very cute. Good crime plot and cast. Nice upload! :)

[@r_1901]

Death Ridge Mortuary?

[@MrStranger1944]

The music seems so central to the film.

[@JohnPaluska]

That 3 minute intro is the prototypical 1940s crime saga.

[@alfonsode-fex9298]

excellent,

[@drusantana]

Fantastic what a twist towards the end!

[@QuantumRift]

Tess here is hands down the hottest Tess of all of them.

[@aussiegirl2302]

QuantumRift I agree

[@doranziegler2303]

Definitely the hottest in all of the series. Notice when Splitface leaves Junior and Tess alone to move the car, telling them not to try any thing, which they dutifully do. When Splitface comes back, he ties them up. I guess the writer didn't think that they should be tied up BEFORE he moved the car. You gotta love this stuff anyway. I also love to watch these old RKO movies as my cousin, Albert S. D''Agostino, was the art director for all of them. He was nominated five times for Academy Awards, but not for the Dick Tracy movies. On to the next one.

[@alvinprettyman1802]

thanks for posting ... when I was a kid everybody had black and white t.v.s never saw color till 1966

[@aussiegirl2302]

How's the name of the undertaker DEATHRIDGE

[@elbandito7504]

Awesome! Great upload.

[@azurerainbow4637]

What happened to the kid who portrayed Junior Tracy in 2 Dick Tracy Movies in the 1940"s?

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Yes.

[@literati21]

do you think restaurants would still get custom if there was just one huge table instead of lots of tiny ones?

[@jameswebb4593]

Conway is not how I would imagine Dick Tracy to look like, Spencer Tracy may have fit the bill better. One great line which is so true, " Body guards, there the ones that shoot second "

[@sageantone7291]

Nah. Conway is the best Tracy of all.

[@robertyglesias9673]

Thanks for posting this

[@sclogse1]

There's a section in the great book, Supreme City, (all about New York CIty in the late twenties into the thirties) that talks about the rise of The Daily Illustrated News, which became The Daily News. No other paper rose as quickly as it did, and one of the reasons was it's hiring of cartoonists. Like Chester Gould, who originally had a much longer name for his series. Patterson, who ran the paper, chose the name Dick. Patterson also paid extremely well for his cartoonists. Extremely. Money that would make most everybody today happy, and this was in 1929.

[@terencemckenna6468]

Why is everybody dressed like they’re ready to go to a wedding?

[@yeahriight57]

Thank you for sharing 😄

[@danielstanwyck2812]

To Michael Delzeppo, the guy who commented cruelly a year ago, so he'll not be reading this. Just wondering why idiots feel compelled to say mean-spirited things. Brainless at birth and muddy their waters as they muddle along. Shame. As far as the movie goes, it's fun - just like the cartoons. His sidekick in this series however is annoying.

[@melbias5046]

i will remember muddy waters comment, great analogy.

[@sthoyyeti]

Nice movie. enjoyed it :) Thanks for uploading.

[@random-jj7ix]

Doesn't Dick Tracy ever carry a gun like Sgt. Joe Friday in Dragnet

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Why are you terrified of question marks?❔?❓?

[@TheFrog767]

It's funny how the political class react differently to the situation when it affects them 🤔🤔even in movies.

[@azurerainbow4637]

There were 4 Dick Tracy movies in the 1940's. Two starring Morgan Conway as that detective and two starring Ralph Byrd. Didn't Ralph Byrd get asked to portray that role before that first Dick Tracy movie got shown in theaters?

[@MatiasJORDAN]

I always have loved Dick Tracy...

[@wardjones2261]

Apparently no one has heard the name of "Ralph Byrd" before. He was the best movie Dick Tracy ever.

[@sageantone7291]

Nah. Conway was better.

[@laurnaleto4622]

My first; will finish the series. Well done; no inept partners for tedious "comic relief." Junior was adopted; went on to two marriages and son Dick Tracy III. Jane Greer in her first of 51 yes as a solid performer.

[@QuantumRift]

The Force is strong in the Professor. One of Darth Vader's ancestors.

[@Gravydog316]

haha

[@resculptit]

Junior - Born Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn, Jr. on September 21, 1932 in Waukegan, Illinois. After he reached that age that he lost his "cute kid" looks - Hollywood sort of Dumped him. Junior was the Hero in this movie. Screw Tracy and his dippy girlfriend. Junior was the one who used his intellect and courage to solve their problems. I still can't understand how the writers and director let Tess just stand in the foyer of the old house - unguarded - alone - and NOT try to escape. A Major Oops !!

[@carolinejohnson6879]

resculptit Holy cow, it’s just a Hollywood movie. No analyses needed.

[@danielross5292]

Ooh I Really Enjoyed This Movie Crew!😉

[@FutureReferenc]

hats

[@AckzaTV]

I remember having a dick tracey watch as a kid in the 90s, I loved Dick tracey and remember the old stuff too

[@hjscollages]

Jealous.

[@MENNENGER]

GOOD SHOW but just saying, I wonder why whoever dropped her off didn't get closer to her home and walk her to her door. You don't just drop a woman off in the dark that way. But I know its just a show and I like it.

[@eddancer1381]

+Jean Raven That was in 1945 but today most men don't. Ed

[@Gravydog316]

+Jean Raven she got off the bus; (& we need some kind of action!)

[@dominicbarba6305]

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[@scarygary-qq1pj]

It was a bus.

[@maureenoneill2847]

Dick Tracy. Relay I Maureen would like to check that incident where they foreclose that by second affidavit they should return the remainders. Not pass it off like they did my deposit this is how I feel this particulars

[@MaskedGreenmagician]

Thanks for magical cooool to the max sharing :) God Bless everyone have a cool safe fun New Years 2016 and beyond

[@partizanforces3064]

That guy jedi mind tricked that girl in 1945

[@Super241946]

Great fight!

[@johncraig1431]

I take it that police in those days didn't have homicide detectives and had to rely on private eyes?? Lol

[@resculptit]

So at 54:18 into - "Split-Face" leaves the girl Downstairs while he goes Upstairs. And she just stands there. She doesn't even attempt to run away ?!!? What's up with that ??

[@randalmontgomery4595]

Ya, that was the only unrealistic part of the film.

[@user-xc9mp8ub5x]

57:52

[@wojciechdziuba1485]

.3

[@Moronvideos1940]

I downloaded this

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Hurray! 👏🏼👏👏🏿

[@jarretstroud1842]

58:04

[@Zombieeatyounow]

This was when hollywood had spine, gumption, morals, and imagination. Now all they got is to tell the majority of the audience how bad they are, and to pay up.We want this Hollywood back.

[@g.h.1472]

People talk about how clean these shows are yet they use fowl English . They love saying dicks name alot. how bout saying Tracy. classic who done it. Jack's back. Tess is a smart chick , you won't leave me alone I feel safer with you. Where's the two way watch . Like the comic books.

[@wardjones2261]

I take it you've never heard of "Dick" Nixon!

[@shawnmalone9711]

The two way wrist radio was invented in 1946 by the industrialist Diet Smith and he gave it to Dick Tracy. The two way wrist tv was invented in 1964 by Diet Smith industries. The two way wrist computer was invented in 1986. The Authorized Dick Tracy Biography by Jay Maeder

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

FOUL

[@karenboyd4652]

Karen love old movies im young bet nothing like at home movies

[@karenboyd4652]

hey i wasn't born bet i love old movies

[@ppttpp3675]

where is Madonna ? :(

[@101Volts]

She wasn't born yet.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

She's not in this. This film was released in 1945. Maybe you're thinking of another version.

[@willajenkins5427]

Does it work on black skin? Show me. I have some observations about your product.

[@glennferrell2902]

Slow beginning but pretty good plot, complete with Dick Tracy style bad-guys.

[@enigmaticphantom8389]

Hats off to Dickard

[@mortimerzilch2608]

I prefer Ralph Byrd as Tracy.

[@ourv9603]

Tess needs to realize that Tracy is married to his work & he will NEVER make a good husband or even a reliable boyfriend. She will ALWAYS play 2nd fiddle to his work. She needs to cut & run & find a GOOD man. Tracy aint it. !

[@sclogse1]

Speaking of noir, here a short noir film made in S.F. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnmap5edbdJsg7s

[@mudgebauer]

An undertaker named Deathridge? What a joke. They arrest the professor with his walking cane. How silly is that? A star gazer named Starling! You would think they could come up with some better names.

[@101Volts]

It was probably like that on purpose, more as a joke. Dick Tracy was a Comic Book Character first, before having some Serials and then Movies.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Watch "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" starring Boris Karloff. A scientist named Dr. A. Tomic. His assistant Dr. I.M. Learned. A taxidermist named Y. Stuffum.

[@resculptit]

It just amazes me how the Police flaunt the civil rights of the citizens. And it amazes me how the citizens Allow the Police to do it. It is as if the US Constitution did not exist in 1945.

[@Gravydog316]

+resculptit what are you? a Commie?

[@63bplumb]

You need to read some findings and advice from some of the Supreme Court Justices on civil rights. Commie? No, just being a Good citizen that believes in the Constitution. You should read it--first then understand it.

[@QuantumRift]

The Miranda rights were not established until Jun 13, 1966.

[@manomyth11]

Squish em'''''''''''

[@bostonfrank6739]

mediocre movie, not enough action,why didn't it end on a happy note with Tracy going to dinner with his girlfriend

[@acts15ministry25]

2 Samuel 14:17 New King James Version Your maidservant said, ‘The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king in discerning good and evil. And may the LORD your God be with you.’ ” Genesis 22:13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. Romans 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Exodus 20:13 New King James Version 13 “You shall not murder. Matthew 4:4 New King James Version But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” Romans 4:4 New King James Version Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. Ephesians 6:13 New King James Version 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. James 2:13 New King James Version 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Psalm 56:5-7 All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God! Revelation 18:20-24 NKJV 20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!” Finality of Babylon’s Fall 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by YOUR SORCERY all the nations were deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.” Deuteronomy 30:7 NKJV 7 “Also the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. Luke 21:26 NKJV men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Matthew 24:7 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. Psalms 69:12 Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

[@garymazzeo3490]

Ralph Byrd was the best Dick Tracy......Morgan Conway was the ugliest and old looking....and badly miscast.

[@terencemckenna6468]

Fun fact. Split Face is related to my cousin Fq Face.

[@varemrampe5838]

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