Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

(1947)

65 minutes

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Directed by John Rawlins

Cast:

Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy  
Anne Gwynne as Tess Truehart 
Boris Karloff as Gruesome 
Skelton Knaggs as Rudolph X-Ray
Edward Ashley as Dr. Lee Thal
June Clayworth as Dr. I.M. Learned
Lyle Latell as Pat Patton, Plainclothesman
Tony Barrett as 'Melody' Fiske 
Jim Nolan as Dan Sterne
Joseph Crehan as Chief Brandon
Milton Parsons as Dr. A. Tomic

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Prevu

A piano player and ex-convict are part of a gang whom discover a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. Gruesome is believed to be dead after he accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out. He is then taken to the morgue where he escapes. Dick Tracy is immediately drawn to the strange case and is determined to catch the gang after they use the gas to rob a bank.