Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Movie review - "Dick Tracy vs Cueball" (1946) **

 The second in RKO's short lived Dick Tracy series. Morgan Conway returns as Tracy as does Anne Jeffreys as Tess. He also has an adopted kid.

Dick Wessel plays the outlandish villain. The plot is very linear - it has Cueball killing people and Tracy tracking him down. It lacks a twist. Cueball's bald head is about as colourful as it gets. 

Ian Keith adds a bit of dash in too much make up as this actor friend of Tracy's. I kept expecting him to pay off in someway. Maybe he's in the comic.

It's handsome and professionally put together. Just lacks flair of a Mr Moto or Charlie Chan. Gordon Douglas directed.

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