Dick Tracy (1945 film)

Dick Tracy also known as Dick Tracy, Detective is a 1945 American Film Noir pulp action film based on the Dick Tracy comic strip created by Chester Gould. The film is the first of four installment of the Dick Tracy film series, released by RKO Radio Pictures.

Getting the rights to produce Dick Tracy from the characters creator, Chester Gould, cost RKO pictures 10,000. This was the first in a series of Dick Tracy films produced by RKO.

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