The RKO B picture unit were very polished by this stage - Sid Rogell executive produced, William Berke directed. It looks handsome, the support cast includes familiar "B" faces like Sid Rogell and Mike Mazurki, plus an up-and-comer, Jane Greer. Mazurki plays Splitface, who is killing off people one by one. He's the most Dick Tracy-esque aspect of the film - at least, as I associate it with via the Warren Beatty movie.
It's decent B movie stuff. Nothing exceptional or too individual. It's all played straight. Morgan Conway is perfectly fine as Tracy.
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