Dick Tracy Movie (1990) Complete Information

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Comic Book Movies: #18. Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy Movie Based On: The comic strip of the same name created by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy's first Comic strip was introduced in 1931, while this movie included in our comic book movies list was introduced in 1990.

Distributor: Disney

Released: June 15, 1990

Running Time: 1 hrs. 45 min.

MPAA Rating: PG

Budget: $47 million

Box Office Numbers

Opening Weekend: $22,543,911 21.7%

Domestic Gross: $103,738,726 63.7%

International Gross: $59,000,000 36.3%

World Wide Gross: $162,738,726 100%

Director: Warren Beatty

Producers: Floyd Mutrux , Art Linson, Barrie M. Osborne, Warren Beatty.

Cast: Madonna, Glenne Headly, Charles Durning, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Kathy Bates, James Caan, William Forsythe, Mandy Patinkin, R.G. Armstrong, Michael J. Pollard, Warren Beatty, Estelle Parsons, Dick Van Dyke.

Synopsis: Ruthless gangster Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) touches off a gang war against underworld boss Lips Manlis (Paul Sorvino), with Big Boy and his minions rubbing out enough of Manlis's goons (along with Manlis himself) to take over his nightclub, and a healthy percentage of the city's criminal activities in the process. Caprice also gains proprietary rights to Manlis's girlfriend, nightclub chanteuse Breathless Mahoney (Madonna).

Big Boy's next move to is unite the rest of the city's crooks under his command; this wave of corruption attracts the attention of lawman Dick Tracy, who is determined to smash Caprice's criminal network once and for all. As Tracy plots to put Big Boy behind bars where he belongs, Breathless uses her considerable charms in an attempt to sway Tracy from the path of righteousness; this causes no small amount of anxiety for Tracy's long-suffering female companion, Tess Trueheart (Glenne Headly), and the street-smart kid (Charlie Korsmo) they've been keeping an eye on.

The various bad guys, heavily made up to resemble Gould's cartoon characters (though Beatty is not made up to resemble Tracy), include Dustin Hoffman, James Caan, R.G. Armstrong, and William Forsythe.

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