Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

Just out of prison, a criminal (Boris Karloff) known by the name of Gruesome meets up with an old criminal friend (Tony Barrett) who introduces him to a mysterious mastermind in charge of a secret formula that temporarily freezes people. After they rob a bank, Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is on the case! Based on the characters created by Chester Gould and directed by John Rawlins (ARABIAN NIGHTS). The last entry of the four film Dick Tracy franchise from RKO pictures and the silliest of the lot. Its preposterous science fiction plot is imbecilic and its sad to see poor Boris Karloff in this nonsense after such superior horror films as THE BODY SNATCHER, BEDLAM and ISLE OF THE DEAD just a couple of years before. The film doesn't take itself seriously with such characters as Dr. A. Tomic (Milton Parsons), Professor I.M. Learned (June Clayworth) and Dr. Lee Thal (Edward Ashley). It's an attempt to be "camp" before the phrase was invented. With Anne Gwynne and Lyle Latell.