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Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

6,2 /10 (1,066 Votes)
1990 EN 105 min

Overview

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

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Release date

15/06/1990

Votes

1,066

Popularity

7.6

Their turf. Their game. Their rules. They didn't count on HIS law...

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

105 min

Budget

$47,000,000

Revenue

$103,738,726

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

Dick Tracy

Al Pacino

Al Pacino

Big Boy Caprice

Madonna

Madonna

Breathless Mahoney

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Mumbles

James Caan

James Caan

Spaldoni

Charlie Korsmo

Charlie Korsmo

Kid

Glenne Headly

Glenne Headly

Tess Trueheart

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

88 Keys

Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

Sam Catchem

James Keane

James Keane

Pat Patton

Charles Durning

Charles Durning

Chief Brandon

William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Flattop

James Tolkan

James Tolkan

Numbers

Ed O'Ross

Ed O'Ross

Itchy

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

D.A. Fletcher

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Pruneface

Michael J. Pollard

Michael J. Pollard

Bug Bailey

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

Lips Manlis

Henry Silva

Henry Silva

Influence

Tom Signorelli

Tom Signorelli

Mike

Stig Eldred

Stig Eldred

Shoulders

Jim Wilkey

Jim Wilkey

Stooge

Neil Summers

Neil Summers

The Rodent

Chuck Hicks

Chuck Hicks

The Brow

Lawrence Steven Meyers

Lawrence Steven Meyers

Little Face

Tony Epper

Tony Epper

Steve the Tramp

Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons

Mrs. Trueheart

Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Reporter

John Schuck

John Schuck

Reporter

Charles Fleischer

Charles Fleischer

Reporter

Mary Woronov

Mary Woronov

Welfare Person

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Mrs. Green

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Forger

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Night Clerk

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara

Texie Garcia

Robert Beecher

Robert Beecher

Ribs Mocca

Lew Horn

Lew Horn

Lefty Moriarty

Michael Donovan O'Donnell

Michael Donovan O'Donnell

McGillicuddy

No photo

Marvellee Cariaga

Soprano

No photo

Michael Gallup

Baritone

Robert Costanzo

Robert Costanzo

Lips' Bodyguard

Jack Kehoe

Jack Kehoe

Customer at Raid

Marshall Bell

Marshall Bell

Lips' Cop

Mike Hagerty

Mike Hagerty

Doorman

Arthur Malet

Arthur Malet

Diner Patron

No photo

Jack Goode Jr.

Lab Technician

No photo

Ray Stoddard

Lab Technician

Hamilton Camp

Hamilton Camp

Store Clerk

Ed McCready

Ed McCready

Cop at Tess'

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Cop at Tess'

Bert Remsen

Bert Remsen

Bartender

Frank Campanella

Frank Campanella

Judge Harper

No photo

Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Club Ritz Patron

Bing Russell

Bing Russell

Club Ritz Patron

Tom Finnegan

Tom Finnegan

Uniform Cop at Ritz

No photo

Billy Clevenger

Newspaper Vendor

No photo

Ned Claflin

Radio Announcer

John Moschitta Jr.

John Moschitta Jr.

Radio Announcer (voice)

Neil Ross

Neil Ross

Radio Announcer (voice)

Walker Edmiston

Walker Edmiston

Radio Announcer (voice)

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Old Man at Hotel

Rita Maye Bland

Rita Maye Bland

Dancer

No photo

Lada Boder

Dancer

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Dee Hengstler

Dancer

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Liz Imperio

Dancer

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Karyne Ortega

Dancer

Karen Russell

Karen Russell

Dancer

Michelle Johnston

Michelle Johnston

Dancer

Tamara Carrera

Tamara Carrera

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

No photo

Bernie Jones

Night Club Musician (uncredited)

Sheila Lussier

Sheila Lussier

Gangster's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Bruce Mahler

Bruce Mahler

Reporter (uncredited)

No photo

Jerry St. John

Driver (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-03-12

⭐ 7

A bit too mellow yellow. Dick Tracy is directed by Warren Beatty and written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. Based on Chester Gould’s comic strip creation of the same name, it stars Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Dustin Hoffman, Charlie Korsmo, Charles Durning and William Forsythe. Music is by Danny Elfman, with songs by Stephen Sondheim, and cinematography is by Vittorio Storaro. Punk Rock band X-Ray Spex once sang about The Day The World Turned Day-Glo, Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy was exactly that. The live action cartoon is a feast for the eyes, as the city backdrop for this …

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talisencrw

2016-08-12

⭐ 8

I'm heartily disappointed that this didn't produce sequels. If any fine actor/director of the period was perfect for the role of Dick Tracy, it was Beatty. He does very good work here. It's as if he took Tim Burton's template for 'Batman' and simply adjusted it for his comic-book picture. Madonna isn't bad here either, simply because she's pretending to be Marilyn Monroe, something she'd been wanting to do all of her career to that point. And the rogues gallery here is perhaps second in quality only to the aforementioned DC Caped Crusader. In retrospect, that perhaps was the picture's weakest …

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-02-09

⭐ 6

Debonair and brightly clad detective “Dick Tracy” (Warren Beatty) is out to stop an all out war breaking out in the city after mobster “Big Boy” (Al Pacino) slays “Lips” (Paul Sorvino) with a view to running the whole show. Part of that cunning plan is to unite all the criminal fraternities and get rid of this pesky cop. Meantime, “Tracy” alights on the permanently hungry “Kid” (Charlie Korsmo) whom he has to look after as well as his girlfriend “Tess” (Glenne Headly) as the bullets fly and things become seriously perilous for all three of them. He’s also got to figure out just what angle nigh…

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kevin2019

2025-08-15

⭐ 8

"Dick Tracy" is an incredibly well paced film and Warren Beatty has done a terrific job in the difficult task of taking an extraordinarily popular comic strip and endeavouring to bring it to life on the screen. He achieves this by having some of the backgrounds (and indeed the city skyline itself) drawn in the comic book style and he also makes the task aesthetically pleasing by using a wonderfully striking and beautifully vivid colour scheme. The film is considerably helped by the splendid make-up effects - they are of an impeccable calibre which really brings the gallery of eccentric comic b…

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AlfaVitaY2K

2026-06-01

⭐ 10

Dick Tracy is rooted in real (old-school) criminology: Psychiatrist Cesare Lombroso's theory based on ancient Rome and Greece fear of degenerates that serious criminals are often born degenerates succinctly put in a quote "Sane mind in sane body" and "All degnerates are born criminals, but not all criminals are born degenerates". Physical and mental throwbacks wired for evil. Chester Gould drew those villains accordingly: grotesque, deformed freaks who look like crime personified. No sob stories of psychologoical trauma cuses of evil, just natural born monsters that need stopping. Hard just…

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