Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)

Detective Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) investigates a murder and robbery at a furs warehouse. A brute of a killer known as The Claw (Jack Lambert) is behind the murder and robbery but he's not the brains behind it. Directed by John Rawlins (ARABIAN NIGHTS). This is the third of the four RKO Dick Tracy movies (1945-1947) and the return of Ralph Byrd to the role that made him famous in the Dick Tracy serials (1937-1941) and he even went on to do a Dick Tracy TV series in 1950. It's one of the better entries in the series, adhering closely to the style of the iconic Chester Gould comic strip and a more grim and violent bad guy in the form of Lambert's The Claw. With Kay Christopher as Tess Trueheart, Lyle Latell, Ian Keith, Jimmy Conlin and taking over the movie in her brief screentime, Bernadene Hayes as Longshot Lillie.