Dick Tracy Vs. Cueball (1946)

An ex-convict (Dick Wessel) just out of prison kills a jewelry dealer (Trevor Bardette) and robs him of diamonds valued at $300,000. Police detective Dick Tracy (Morgan Conway) is on the case! Based on the comic strip character created by Chester Gould and directed by Gordon Douglas (TONY ROME). This is the second entry in the four movie Dick Tracy franchise made at RKO. I quite liked this one and found it superior to the first entry from the year before. Cueball makes for a fine villain and director Douglas pushes the pace so that we're not bored for a minute. The supporting cast consisting of characters like Dirty Flora (Esther Howard), Vitamin Flintheart (Ian Keith) and Percival Priceless (Douglas Walton) are well played. With Anne Jeffreys, Rita Corday, Byron Foulger and Lyle Latell.