Dick Tracy (1945)

Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.

Director – William Berke

Writers – Eric Taylor (original screenplay), Chester Gould (based on the cartoon strip by)

Watch “Dick Tracy” (1945) – Original Version

Cast:

Morgan Conway – Dick Tracy, the tough detective, who lets nothing stand in the way of justice.

Anne Jeffreys – Tess Trueheart, Tracy’s girlfriend, who often falls victim to her boyfriend’s workaholism.

Mike Mazurki – Alexis “Splitface” Banning, a psychotic ex-con who seeks revenge. His weapon is a sharp surgical knife. He has a big disfiguring scar across his face.

Jane Greer – Jane Owens, a suspect.

Lyle Latell – Pat Patton, Tracy’s bumbling assistant.

Joseph Crehan – Chief Brandon, the reliable chief of police.

Mickey Kuhn – Junior, Tracy’s adopted son.

Trevor Bardette – Prof. Linwood J. Starling, a strange medium, and also a suspect.

Morgan Wallace – Steve Owens, a stern businessman.

Milton Parsons – Deathridge the Undertaker, a mysterious, skeletal suspect.

William Halligan – Mayor, the worried mayor of Chicago.

Jason Robards Sr. – Motorist (uncredited)