Morgan Conway is again Dick Tracy in "Dick Tracy vs. Cueball," a 1946 B that also stars two of my favorites, Anne Jeffreys (Tess) and Ian Keith (Vitamin).
In this one, $300,000 worth of diamonds are stolen on board ship, and Tracy goes on a search for the killer. The diamonds were stolen by Cueball (Dick Wessel), but when he finds out what they're worth, he wants a lot more than the $10,000 he was promised. He hides out in a bar, but while he's at it, starts killing people.
Morgan Conway isn't the Dick Tracy of the comics. He reminds me of George Raft, but he's pleasant enough. As I mentioned in another review, I always picture John Larkin from "The Edge of Night" as an ideal Dick Tracy. I seem to remember him as being sharp-featured and square-jawed. But I haven't seen him in years, and I couldn't find a photo of him.
Jeffreys doesn't have enough to do. Ian Keith is terrific.
Decent pace.
In this one, $300,000 worth of diamonds are stolen on board ship, and Tracy goes on a search for the killer. The diamonds were stolen by Cueball (Dick Wessel), but when he finds out what they're worth, he wants a lot more than the $10,000 he was promised. He hides out in a bar, but while he's at it, starts killing people.
Morgan Conway isn't the Dick Tracy of the comics. He reminds me of George Raft, but he's pleasant enough. As I mentioned in another review, I always picture John Larkin from "The Edge of Night" as an ideal Dick Tracy. I seem to remember him as being sharp-featured and square-jawed. But I haven't seen him in years, and I couldn't find a photo of him.
Jeffreys doesn't have enough to do. Ian Keith is terrific.
Decent pace.