Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) [Crime] [Action]

The movie "Dick Tracy's Dilemma", released in the United Kingdom as "Mark of the Claw", is a 1947 American pulp action film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Ralph Byrd stars as Dick Tracy, reprising the role after Republic Pictures's 1937 Dick Tracy serial and it's three sequels. The film is the third installment of the Dick Tracy film series.
Steve Michel (Jack Lambert) and his henchmen hijack a valuable shipment of furs, but botch the job by killing a night watchman. Police detective Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is brought in to investigate the fur thefts connected with murder with the assistance of his partner Pat Patton (Lyle Latell) as well as the flamboyant Vitamin Flintheart (Ian Keith) and "Sightless" (Jimmy Conlin). This leads him to look into possible higher-ups who may have ordered the robbery. Tracy soon learns that the person behind it all is Steve Michel, a hook-wielding criminal who calls himself "The Claw." Before Tracy can unravel the bigger picture and the larger forces at work, the Claw dispatches more victims in a gruesome manner. Finally, when Tracy shows up to arrest him, the two engage in a high-speed chase. While on the run, the Claw electrocutes himself by plunging his hook into electrical wires while trying to kill Tracy.
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Directed by John Rawlins, produced by Herman Schlom, written by Chester Gould (characters) and Robert Stephen Brode (screenplay), starring Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy ( the tough, square jawed detective), Kay Christopher as Tess Trueheart (Tracy's love interest), Lyle Latell as Pat Patton (Tracy's bumbling assistant), Jack Lambert as Steve 'The Claw' Michel (A quiet, compulsive killer. His right hand is a steel hook, and his left leg is lame. He has an extreme fondness for cats), Ian Keith as Vitamin Flintheart (Tracy's thespian friend, who joins him because of guilt over the death of Sightless), Bernadene Hayes as Longshot Lillie (the Fence), Jimmy Conlin as Sightless the 'Blind' Begger (a little beggar who fakes blindness to sell pencils. Participates as Tracy's paid spy and is exposed and killed by The Claw), William B. Davidson as Peter Premium (V.P. Honesty Insurance), Tony Barrett as Sam (a henchman) and Tom Keene as Fred (a henchman).
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Source: "Dick Tracy's Dilemma" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 4 April 2013. Web. 5 April 2013. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tra....
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[@doranziegler2303]

You gotta love the little background details especially people's names and the names of the bars. The Hangman's Noose, The Dripping Dagger, The Blinking Skull, all bars. For a taxidermist, W.E. Stuffum, a professor of physics, I.M. Learned -- you can't beat this for subtle humor.

[@vernalc2449]

Reminds me of "The Three Stooges"!

[@laynecori13]

mr. cud ; the insurance investigator ; Chomping on his gum !!

[@hertzair1186]

Ya I noticed them as well….

[@richardlewin9282]

Unintentional I'm sure 🤭 but HEMP St👍

[@davidcohen7106]

Hemp St.

[@BegoneJonah]

That insurance investigator steals every scene he’s in!

[@laynecori13]

mr. cud , chewing gum !!

[@recaptchapt.221]

Thank you for posting. I am a '70s kid ..i don't remember seeing any of these episodes growing up...looks like i have a lot of watching to do lol

[@raymondsaquet2922]

"CLAW" is the scariest movie villain of all time. Was 10-when I saw this at Boston's National Theater in '47 where I had to hide behind the seat and he still frightens me. Glad he wasn't in my Dick Tracy coloring book. Talk about the need for today's movie ratings.

[@herrp8765]

Raymond Saquet Dude, yeah. I was kinda surprised at the level of suggested violence. The Claw killed like what, 3 guys, right?. I'm watching this late at night on my Macbook in a darkly lit room. Pretty suspenseful stuff.

[@jamestheredenginefan5268]

Idk Goldfinger was pretty scary in the books

[@STORMY0O]

🤣😂😅👻☠️ The one that still gets me is a rubber centipede ! “The Tingler” Vincent Price!

[@KasperKali]

How exciting it must have been to live during this era. I often feel like I was born in the wrong decade. Thanks for sharing your experience. Very cool.

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

The RKO DICK TRACY features are great, well-paced little B crime-thrillers to watch late at night.

[@debrabolton6475]

I love the names used in these films. The cornier the better. The films are a lot of fun. Thanks for posting!

[@SwarthySkinnedOne]

I don't know if you're being high-handed critical here, but the names you find amusing are "corny" in THIS film, becuse Dick Tracy is a comic book and strip hero and some things in his world got carried over into this live action film. Not all film noir movies, most of them, use use such stereotype names, becuse of being just as you said, corny.

[@herrp8765]

@@SwarthySkinnedOne Don't think Debra meant any harm. Names are campy in this series. By design! They're comic book characters come to life! "Honest Insurance Company." haha. C'mon, man!

[@BegoneJonah]

“ I run a respectable joint!” ...entitled The Blinking Skull...

[@vernalc2449]

Right"? KMSL

[@judithfox2435]

Just watched Dick Tracy vs Cueball. The dive bar was called The Dripping Dagger. Love it!

[@judithfox2435]

Can’t edit. That’s Dick Tracy.

[@davldbradley6073]

Picture on full 32" screen is great but the sound is very low, when commercials come on at 3:45am it scares the crap out of me and everyone else is sleeping 😴 they are yelling at me to turn it down.. bummer dude 😕 😪 got my sound surround on..

[@terrancebigham6765]

With this film Byrd became typecast as Dick Tracy, later bringing the character to TV in a short-lived 1950s series.

[@alexapenn6399]

you do realize that Dick Tracy had the very first iWatch (or whatever they call it :}

[@thomasschwarting5108]

Whenever I see someone with those watches on I always to them "so you got one of those Dick Tracy watches.

[@GravZr]

Man I use to watch Dick Tracy all the time.Including the 90's movie.

[@davidnevillewarg1999]

awesome classic you can't beat a classic.

[@gregorykrug8034]

Ian Keith was so great in this!

[@4-everyoung469]

Is Dick Tracy the only detective in the city? Poor Tess, she needs someone that would have time for her.

[@Gravydog316]

+Charlane Lofton ha ha

[@Mr05Chuck]

I would be a bad detective if it was a choice I had to make

[@nana8nanashi]

He solves crimes lie a pro, but his real priorities could be described as a bit lacking...

[@arlenacampbell200]

I love these old movies. I am glad I subscribed, and Thank you so much for sharing.

[@dondixon4206]

Ah, the world of Dick Tracy! A place where the villains are as colorful as a zebra’s dream. It’s like they’ve never heard of a color palette. In fact, it’s so monochrome, you’d think they ran out of all the other crayons. It’s not just black and white, it’s… well, mostly white. But hey, who needs Technicolor when you’ve got those snazzy yellow hats, right?

[@ricecoffee3968]

The side kick has more knockouts than medically healthy. Tough head!

[@perniciouspete4986]

How many knockouts does it take to be considered "medically healthy"?

[@ecwnikos]

wow another classic jem thanks.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Pretty dark stuff for a Saturday matinee meant for young boys. I saw this on TV back in the 70s when I was like 10 years old. I was glued to it.

[@lamonthamilton667]

Back then We had GRIT and Sustenance. Back when more people were Honest we could Handle TRUTH and Destroy EVIL. Now people are so DISHONEST any form of Truth is a law enforced Crime, COWARDS need all the help they can get ask PRESIDENT TRUMP.

[@mauruiz3164]

Excelente película gracias por subirla y compartirla

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

Very good movie

[@oldisraelplaylists5021]

Jack Lambert is da bomb. Check him out as Kin Creed in "Gunsmoke: There Was Never a Horse."

[@BegoneJonah]

Weird Art Museum ...and as a henchman with Jack Elam in “Kiss Me, Deadly.”

[@Dems4Trump47]

Dang I miss the old movies when all the cops had Irish accents.

[@KasperKali]

Suspenseful!

[@louiswilliams2724]

We like to keep our clients covered, lol!

[@auletjohnast03638]

Just like the comic strips minus the color.

[@christopherbrand1281]

i love it

[@denise413]

WOW>>WERE GOING way?way back.!!!!!!!

[@ronbranum7858]

I love how the vilen is a one handed club footed oger

[@vernalc2449]

Another fun Dick Tracy adventure, this one involving stolen furs and murder. Disappointed these old films don't use some of Tracy's futuristic gadgets like his iWatch, though. I feel sorry for Sightless, though. Even though he was a con artist, he seemed like he did the right thing...most of the time.

[@literati21]

i thought a hat i bought was too big. now i don't.

[@eliseolopez2790]

I compare the effects of media to those of liquor

[@user-jy3gx3xd9t]

Dick Tracy vs The Claw🕵🏼‍♂🚓

[@lyndatuttle]

As someone dealing with insurance right now, I am finding the name of the insurance company to be ironic: Honesty Insurance.

[@eliseolopez2790]

What a way to sponsor crime

[@jimmybritt9537]

Wonder if those two slugs popped out when the claw got juiced ☠👍👍🇺🇸

[@maineiacts]

Hi!! Love that you upload these classics! Only real issue is, the sound is so low both on t.v. and tablet/desktop that you have to turn up the volume almost full! Then, along comes a commercial and the sound BLOWS you out of the Room!!! Its like that mostly with all these old movies. Just wondering if there is room for improvement on your end?😉🤔🤗 Thanks!🙋

[@perniciouspete4986]

You should be bitching to KZbin to TURN DOWN THE F'ING COMMERCIALS!

[@maineiacts]

@@Pernicious Pete... Yeah.. Right..🙄🤔 The same Effers thst keep throwing up Outdated CvOneNine nonsense bullets on any channel that barely mentions the Lab Created Bat soup. Lol!! Thx for your advise! Wouldn't even know what AIBot to consult..🤖👾

[@herrp8765]

Sorry to see Sightless (that sounds weird) get knocked off. Thought he'd make it thru the end of the script. Also, actor Byrd sounds a little like Gary Cooper. "Jigger" for bartender's name. That was either a booze container or a liberal measurement of a shot. Can't remember which...

[@vernalc2449]

Yup! a jigger is a standard measurement of alcohol-usually one ounce. Bartenders used to use metal measuring utensils to pour the alcohol, thereby enabling the owners to make higher profits by controlling the amount of alcohol in each drink and preventing "over-pouring" for certain customers. If you were a good tipper, though, the bartender would simply keep pouring into the jigger and allow the overflow to land in your glass-or so I heard, LOL.

[@Aronnax777]

The claw.....

[@garrysekelli6776]

This one is even better than THE flattop episode. Not quotes as Good as qball though.

[@lyndatuttle]

For some one who is supposed to be educated, Vitamin seemed to be denser than normal.

[@mortweiss3151]

Prop Fiction @ it's best -

[@kgreg1956]

Would have been a good movie if I could heard it.

[@robertmitchum2972]

0:42. It's Donny Most from Happy Days

[@herrp8765]

Sorry, dude. Not seeing it.

[@randyhonea3543]

How do you talk with a cigarette in your mouth and not move?

[@lindamcdermott2205]

They had that perfected back then! Everybody smoked in these shows but none of my ancestors did...they couldn't afford it and considered it a bad stinky habit!

[@danielstanwyck2812]

SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT. DO NOT READ THE TCM --- HE (OR SHE) TELLS THE WHOLE STORY ENFING AND ALL.

[@auntie9077]

Volume !!

[@TheFrog767]

👏🏻👏🏻👍

[@richbo09]

Pretty good overall,but 3 men can't drive a truck.

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[@alondrabarragan9461]

richbo09 not with that attitude

[@howardlyon1905]

Is there a Dock Tracy movie with the villian Mr Bribery in it

[@an3fantasy]

better than sherlock

[@mikmik9034]

Volume too low to watch.

[@donfarlan214]

Looks for traces of evidence

[@deborahwashington6266]

Omg these movie remind me when cop and robber had meaning now shot to kill then asks QUESTION. THANK FOR THE REMINDER. IF THEY DID THE CRIME LET THEM DO THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!#####

[@wojciechdziuba1485]

.3

[@ajweberman]

At least he has a girl friend unlike jack Webb on dragnet

[@BegoneJonah]

Alan Weberman if the Los Angeles police department wanted Joe Friday to have a girlfriend, they would have issued him one.

[@vernalc2449]

@@BegoneJonah KMSL! I always thought Gannon was-uhm, nevermind.

[@deborahwestbrook2184]

why don't you just tell the whole story

[@teeddd]

Primo

[@williamhagen2792]

A corny train wreck

[@otravez3916]

Strictly comic book characters and situations. One-dimensional, and that’s being kind.

[@debrabolton6475]

What did you expect-Shakespeare?

[@suchahermit55]

It's pretty cool when comic strips come to life and these movies are much more like the comic strip than all the modern Marvel movies and their special effects

[@vernalc2449]

Uhm, it IS after all, based on a one-dimensional comic strip, kmsl.

[@TheHansoost]

That'd be the charm. Delightfully corny, yet kind of gruesome.

[@danielstanwyck2812]

what idiocy.