Dick Tracy's Dilemma - Ralph Byrd

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(1947) Ralph Byrd returns to the character he had originated ten years earlier in the serial Dick Tracy. This time, Chester Gould's immortal comic strip hero is called in to handle a fur theft. The owner of Flawless Furs, Humphreys (Charles Marsh), has just signed on with the Honesty Insurance Company whose investigator, Cudd (Al Bridge), made him change the combination to the vault. The insurance policy, as the head of Honesty, Peter Premium (William B Davidson), explains, holds the company liable if the stolen furs haven't been recovered within 24 hours of the theft. The trail leads to Longshot Lily (Bernadene Hayes), a would-be fence who is promptly arrested. But when Tracy's snitch, Sightless (Jimmy Conlin), is found brutally murdered, the detective realises that he has more than a simple fur theft on his hands. With the help of master thespian Vitamin Flintheart (Ian Keith) and ever-present sidekick Pat Patton (Lyle Latell), Tracy follows a series of clues that lead him to a deserted junkyard and a fateful confrontation with fiendish killer "The Claw" (Jack Lambert).

Ralph Byrd - Dick Tracy
Lyle Latell - Pat Patton
Kay Christopher - Tess Trueheart
Jack Lambert - Steve 'The Claw' Michel
Ian Keith - Vitamin Flintheart
Bernadene Hayes - Longshot Lillie, the Fence
Jimmy Conlin – Sightless, the 'Blind' Beggar
William B Davidson - Peter Premium, VP Honesty Insurance
Tony Barrett - Sam, a henchman
Tom Keene - Pred, a henchman
Al Bridge - Mr Cudd, Honesty Insurance Investigator
Wade Crosby - Jigger, Blinking Skull Owner
William Gould - Bill, Police Morgue Technician
Harry Harvey - Officer Donovan
Tom London - Cop in Squad Car
Charles Marsh - Mr Humphries, Owner Collins Furs
Sean McClory - Officer Dillon, at robbery
Frank Mills - Sailor outside Blinking Skull
Jason Robards Sr - Hawks, Collins Furs’ Night Watchman
Harry Strang - Watchman in Alley
Elena Warren - Police Matron with Lillie

Directed: John Rawlins
Produced: Herman Schlom
Cinematography: Frank Redman
Editor: Marvin Coil

Format: Single DVD (Black & White)
Category: PG
Label: Sunflower Classics