When escaped convict Gruesome (Boris Karloff) perpetrates a brazen bank heist using incapacitating nerve gas, ridding the city of his menace is a job for square-jawed detective Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd). Colorful villains and familiar sidekicks bring author Chester Gould's sensibilities to this crime caper, the penultimate film adaptation for the detective of long-running comic and radio fame.
16mm, b/w, 65 min. Production: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Distribution: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Producer: Herman Schlom. Director: John Rawlins. Based on the comic strip by Chester Gould. Screenwriter: Robertson White, Eric Taylor. Cinematographer: Frank Redman. Editor: Elmo Williams. With: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Howard Ashley, June Clayworth.
