Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

The story

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

Cast & crew

Boris KarloffGruesome

Ralph ByrdDick Tracy

Anne GwynneTess Trueheart

Edward AshleyDr. L.E. Thal

June ClayworthDr. I.M. "Irma" Learned

Lyle LatellPat Patton

Tony BarrettMelody

Skelton KnaggsX-Ray

James NolanDan Sterne

Joseph CrehanChief Brandon

Milton ParsonsDr. A. Tomic

Ernie AdamsWaiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)