Dick Tracy

Plot synopsis:
During the film's opening credits, radio news broadcasts and newspaper headlines proclaim various gangland atrocities. As the action begins, a young street urchin (Charlie Korsmo), who calls himself "Kid," is seen eating out of a garbage can and hiding from the cops. The Kid witnesses an illegal poker game between five thugs at the 7th Street Garage. Suddenly, a car bursts through the brick wall of the building and guns down all the card players. The massacre is executed by Flattop (William Forsythe), one of Alphonse Big Boy Caprice's gun-happy hoods. Flattop leaves a calling card: he shoots a message into the brick wall with his tommy gun that reads "Eat Lead Tracy." Big Boy (Al Pacino) is expanding his crime syndicate by taking over new territory and exterminating anyone who stands in his way.Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) and his girlfriend, Tess Trueheart (Glenne Headly), are at an opera performance when his wrist radio alerts him of the killings. He excuses himself and quickly heads for the 7th Street Garage. When Tracy, in his yellow overcoat and matching hat, arrives at the crime scene, he surmises immediately that Big Boy is responsible. Tracy returns to the opera and Tess. After the performance, he answers questions from various news reporters.The camera shows a cartoon-influenced-view of the city and zooms in to the Club Ritz as a female singer, Breathless Mahoney (Madonna), croons "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)." Inside the club, Breathless continues her performance, accompanied on the piano by 88 Keys (Mandy Patinkin). As the club's owner, Lips Manlis (Paul Sorvino), slurps down a plate of oysters, one of his hoods reports that several of his men were bumped off and the others are getting very nervous. When Breathless joins Lips at his table after her performance, he compliments her singing, but she seems oblivious. (She's obviously his woman, but isn't thrilled with the arrangement). Soon the police arrive to arrest Lips for operating a gambling establishment; they also arrest Breathless. However, it is soon revealed that these are not real cops; they are Caprice's men.As Tracy and Tess walk down the street, Tess tries to convince her detective boyfriend to settle down to a less dangerous job, maybe a desk job. Of course, Tracy isn't interested in playing it safe.As they enter a diner, they are almost knocked down by the Kid as he flees the scene of his theft of a watch. Tracy chases after the kid, but seemingly loses him. The Kid takes the watch to a shantytown where he presents it to his ruthless guardian. Just after the man hits the boy, Tracy intervenes.The scene changes to Big Boy's hideout where he demands that Lips sign over the Club Ritz to him. Once Lips reluctantly signs, Caprice orders his hoods to give Lips a cement bath (a gruesome death of being completely covered in cement and dumped into the bay). Caprice takes Lips's girlfriend, Miss Mahoney, as his own.After rescuing the Kid from his abusive guardian, Tracy takes him back to the diner where the boy enjoys a wonderful meal. With the help of Tess, Tracy temporarily adopts the Kid. During their meal, Tracy gets a message on his wrist radio to come to the Southside Warehouse. Once he arrives, Tracy finds remnants of walnuts, Big Boy's favorite nuts.At the Club Ritz, Big Boy choreographs Breathless and a chorus line of girls in a rehearsal of "More." During the rehearsal, the film flashes back and forth from the song rehearsal to Tracy questioning Mumbles (Dustin Hoffman), one of Caprice's hoods.After questioning Mumbles, Tracy and the police head for the club to arrest Big Boy for Lips's murder. After the cops take Big Boy away, Tracy stays behind. He follows Breathless into her dressing room and asks her to testify against Caprice. Breathless attempts to seduce Tracy and he comes close to giving in to her feminine charms. She says, "You don't know whether you want to hit me or kiss me. I get a lot of that." When Tracy rejects her advances, she refuses to testify against Big Boy. Since she is the only witness, there isn't enough evidence against Caprice, so he is released.When Tracy returns to his apartment early the next morning, Tess is asleep in the living room while the Kid is sleeping in Tracy's bed. Tess seems very uncomfortable to be in a man's apartment, so she hurries back to her greenhouse. She claims she is expecting a shipment of delphiniums.Tracy and Tess get the Kid new clothes, and feed him all day. When they return to Tess's apartment, there is an attempted hit on Tracy, but it is unsuccessful.Miss Mahoney shows up at Tracy's office. (Apparently Tracy had telephoned her.) She is weainng a sexy dress. She says, "Thanks for calling. I was wondering what a girl had to do to get arrested." , Tracy responds, "Wearing that dress is a step in the right direction." Breathless agrees to testify against Big Boy, but only if Tracy gives in to her sexual advances. Even though he is obviously attracted to her, Tracy resists.At the Club Ritz, Big Boy brings together several local crime bosses, including Spud Spaldoni (James Caan), Pruneface (R.G. Armstrong), Ribs Mocca (Robert Beecher), Mumbles, Itchy (Ed O'Ross), and Numbers (James Tolkan). Tracy has secretly followed Breathless there and informs Pat and Sam. Big Boy proposes forming an organization with him as the Chairman of the Board and them as the Board of Directors. Spaldoni refuses and leaves the meeting. When he gets into his car, it explodes.Itchy and Flattop grab Tracy and bring him to a boiler room, where Big Boy is waiting. The Kid has stowed away on the car's back bumper. Big Boy offers Tracy a bribe. When Tracy refuses to cooperate, Big Boy instructs his hoods to kill him but make it seem like an accident. They cause the boiler to overheat. Just before it explodes, the Kid climbs through a small window and cuts Tracy loose.The Police Chief (Charles Durning) presents the Kid with an Honorary Detective Certificate with a badge for action in the face of grave danger. However, it is only a temporary certificate because the Kid needs to choose a real name. During the ceremony, the Kid presents Tracy with a policeman's badge he had found in the trash; it belonged to D.A. Fletcher (Dick Van Dyke).In a graveyard, Big Boy tells the D.A. in no uncertain terms that he owns him. Later, the D.A. tells Tracy that he has fourteen witnesses that will testify that Big Boy was at dance lessons at the time of Lips Manlis's killing.Breathless shows up at Tracy's apartment. Dressed in another slinky outfit, she asks, "Aren't you going to frisk me?" She's worried that if she testifies Big Boy will kill her. Just as she plants a kiss on Tracy's lips, Tess and the Kid arrive from a trip to the grocery store. When Miss Mahoney leaves, Tess cries in the kitchen.A person with no face, The Blank, offers 88 Keys $5,000 to give a letter to Big Boy that guarantees him protection for ten percent of his business. 88 Keys unsuccessfully tries to convince Big Boy that he has nothing to lose and should accept the offer.While Breathless sings a reprise of "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)," Tracy leads a seemingly unsuccessful raid on Club Ritz, but it is only a cover. During the raid, one of Tracy's men plants a listening device in a back room of the club so Bug Bailey (Michael J. Pollard) can listen in on Big Boy's plans. As Breathless's song continues, a montage shows the police foiling numerous crimes due to information gathered from the bug. When Big Boy discovers the listening device, he uses it to lure Tracy. Tracy meets Tess at the diner where she tells him she is leaving town. During their meeting, Tracy gets a call that something big is going down at the Southside Warehouse. Of course, Tracy leaves Tess and rushes to the warehouse. Caprice has captured Bug Bailey and is bathing him in cement just like he did Lips. Tracy manages to save Bug. Just as Pruneface is about to kill Tracy, The Blank steps out of the shadows and shoots Pruneface. Big Boy now agrees to the proposal that 88 Keys had offered, but only if it includes killing Tracy.Heartbroken, Tess goes to her mother's house. While there, she has a change of heart and plans to return to Tracy, but before she can tell him, The Blank kidnaps her. Alone at the club, 88 Keys and Breathless sing "What Can You Lose?," a rueful song about unrequited love. 88 Keys is obviously in love with Breathless, but she has fallen for Tracy.Tracy and Breathless meet again at the docks and once again he asks her to testify. She demands that he admit he wants her. He finally admits that he thinks about her, but he won't say he wants her because it would hurt the one he loves.After receiving a phone call from The Blank, 88 Keys has a guy forge a letter from Tracy to the corrupt D.A. to meet him at a hotel with $10,000 because he has the goods on him. Then Tracy receives a message to come to Tess' greenhouse, but when he arrives, The Blank drugs him with hidden gas lines and he collapses. Then The Blank, in Tracy's yellow coat and matching hat, runs into the hotel and up the stairs to a room. He shoots the D.A. with a silenced gun, then 88 keys moves Tracy's drugged body into the room to frame him for the D.A.'s murder. 88 Keys screams threats that are overheard by the hotel manager, who telephones the police. Hotel residents and the manager then hear gunshots. Before The Blank exits by the window, he wakes Tracy with some ammonia. Tracy is arrested for blackmail and murder.Meanwhile, a lady from the orphanage comes to take the Kid. During a few scenes of him at the orphanage, he is miserable.Big Boy is back in business and thrilled. Against a montage of various gambling scenes and Big Boy raking in the dough, we hear "Back in Business" (performed by a girls' trio: Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne and Lorraine Feather).From the orphanage, the Kid calls the Chief and tells him he knows Tracy didn't kill the D.A. The Chief picks the Kid up from the orphanage on New Year's Eve to visit Tracy in jail. The Kid tells Tracy he now has a permanent certificate because he has chosen a name: Dick Tracy, Jr.Sprung from jail by his colleagues on New Years Eve, Tracy sets out to rescue his girlfriend. The Blank calls the police and frames Big Boy for kidnapping Tess. Tracy gets Mumbles to tell him who set him up for the D.A.'s murder. Mumbles clearly states without mumbling that Big Boy paid 88 Keys to get Tracy out of the way. At a shootout outside the Club Ritz, the police and Tracy gun down most of Big Boy's men.Big Boy finds Tess in a vault. He takes her hostage and ties her to a drawbridge mechanism when he finds the drawbridge is up and can't escape. With some help from Breathless, Tracy trails Big Boy and Tess and confronts Caprice in the gear room of the bridge. After they fight, as Tracy is untying Tess, The Blank fires a warning shot at Big Boy. The Blank tells Tracy to pick up a pipe and kill Big Boy, but he doesn't. The Blank prepares to shoot Tracy, but the Kid tackles him. Caprice shoots The Blank. Tracy then socks Big Boy, which sends him falling to his death in the bridge's gears. Tracy rescues Tess. Beneath The Blank's mask, Tracy is shocked to find Breathless Mahoney. She tells him that he was her only mistake, and wonders if anything could have happened between them. She kisses him just before she dies. When Tracy finds Tess waiting outside, they embrace.Later at the diner, Tracy, Tess and the Kid share a meal. Tracy gives the Kid a wrist radio. Then he stumbles through a marriage proposal to Tess, but Pat interrupts on his wrist radio about a robbery in progress. As Tracy and the Kid leave to investigate, Tracy tosses Tess a ring and says, "You're one in a million."Madonna sings a reprise of "More" during the closing credits.

Tags: neo noir, murder, violence, alternate reality, good versus evil, romantic

Review:
It's not supposed to be "To Kill A Mockingbird" -- it's a fun experience.Stephen Sondhemim's songs are stellar: "Back in Business" is energetic, "Sooner or Later" is just right, "What Can You Lose" is haunting -- even tunes like "Live Alone and Like It" add to the storyGot to love the giddily over-the-top performances of Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Glenn Headly, Charlie Korsmo, Mandy Patinkin, James Caan, Dick Van Dyke, supporting villains...
The famous actors who played them here must have a had a lot of fun on the set playing "Flatop," "Pruneface," "Lips," "Mumbles," etc.Meanwhile, Warren Beatty and Gleanne Hedley are good as Dick Tracey and girlfriend Tess Truehart, and she's as sweet and soft as her name.
Giving a new sense to the concept of color in a movie, we are offered an unique experience throughout a comic-strip world, and it's one of the few movies which succeeded in doing so, thanks to a serious script, good direction, great performances (Al Pacino is astonishing) and most importantly a powerful mix of cinematography, art direction and costume design.
Labor of love for star and director Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy was a film I hated when it first came out.
Happily, I feel much differently about the film now that I'm older.Dick Tracy is a live-action cartoon, with eye-popping visuals decked out in bright primary colors.
The movie moves along well, it has of course another solid performance from Warren Beatty, but the real standouts of the film are Al Pacino and Madonna.
If you go in with the attitude of wanting to watch a fun, smart movie with great acting and a solid script then give Dick Tracy a try.
Beatty is great as Dick Tracy and behind the camera manages to capture the atmosphere of a film noir comic book better than any other film, possibly, I have ever seen.
The lighting, velvet overtones and smog/smoke combine to create a great effect.There are some really funny cameos including one by Dustin Hoffman as "Mumbles," and I don't think there are any flaws at all in terms of acting - even the mandatory kid-character is far better than expected.Overall, a really fine movie that has become misunderstood over the years since its release and is incredibly underrated with only 5.7/10 average on IMDb. The critics' reviews are very positive (check out RottenTomatoes.com) and after seeing the film once again it's not hard to see why - this is a perfect example of capturing the essence of a comic book, from style to eccentricity.Highly recommended.
I've lost track of how many times I've watched "Tracy" and I still catch something new every time I do.The others are all top notch, starting with Pacino's Big Boy Caprice (a reminder that he can do comedy with the best of them), even Madonna's Breathless Mahoney is a relevation in that under the right environment, she can act (GASP!).
While this is a much more family friendly movie than Sin City, the similarities between the two in terms of graphics are definitely there.Besides the amazingly bright colors that make up the city and the costumes, the singing done by Breathless Mahoney (Madonna), when she isn't too busy trying to seduce Tracy, really captures the camera.
There are the parts that will make the parents smile, and the content is suitable for most ages, as well as the theme of good versus evil in a dazzling colored world, and you will finish the movie wishing you had one of the famous Dick Tracy two-way watches..
Tim Burton's Batman was released a year earlier and nearly a quarter of a century later, his take on the Dark Knight is looking its age.Dick Tracy on the other hand with its comic strip look and a colour palette of seven colours with a focus on primary colours looks fresh and dazzling even today.Warren Beatty was never an actor who chased populist vehicles.
Here as star and director Beatty deliberately went for a unique approach to the Chester Gould comic strip character.Only Ang Lee with his approach to the Hulk has shown that kind of originality.What Dick Tracy also has is a wealth of stars, many of them under heavy makeup.
I believe the film was shot in only six (or maybe seven) colours and the sets of the city are totally faithful to the original Dick Tracy comic strips.Obviously, this film tried to emulate Batman but immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
The comic strip detective (Warren Beatty) finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.After almost twenty-five years, this film is still entertaining, well-acted and just good fun.
I liked that a lot, even if no person would ever have such a misshapen body structure.Starring is Warren Beatty, an acclaimed actor, best known for his role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), directs his third film with this comic strip icon - Detective Dick Tracy.
Dick Tracy (1990) ** 1/2 (out of 4) At times brilliant, at times downright boring, Warren Beatty's adaption of the Chester Gould comic strip is a very frustrating film that has so much going for it but the end result really doesn't reflect that.
Warren Beatty successfully bringing the comic strip to life , the renowned police detective Dick Tracy who this time tries to solve a case involving Big Boy , the public enemy nº 1 .
Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on ranting mobster boss Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) and his band of menacing mobsters (William Forsythe and Dustin Hoffman who made a small character as Mumbles as a favor for Warren Beatty) .
Good though excessive performances from Al Pacino who is perfectly cast as the gangster Big Boy looking like a caricaturist impression of a cartoon and splendid Dustin Hoffman as his hoodlum named Mumbles .
Other films about this classic comic book character are the followings : ¨Dick Tracy¨ (1947) 15 chapters starred by Ralph Byrd and directed by John English and Ray Taylor ; ¨Dick Tracy Detective¨ (1945) the first feature movie directed by William Berke with Morgan Conway and Jane Greer ; ¨Tracy returns¨ 15 chapter serial directed by William Witney with Ralph Byrd ; ¨Tracy meets gruesome ¨(1947) with Ralph Byrd and Boris Karloff ; ¨Tracy vs Crime Inc¨; ¨Tracy vs Cueball¨(1946) by Gordon Douglas with Morgan Conway and Anne Jeffreys ; ¨Tracy's dilemma¨ by John Rawlins with Ralph Byrd and Jack Lambert , among others ..
At the end of the decade Warren Beatty created another kind of epic in Dick Tracy that makes no pretense to being anything other than entertainment with a whole bunch of the best actors around just having a great old time hamming it up under tons of makeup.That both Reds and Dick Tracy could come from the same individual speaks volumes about the range this man has as a player.
In this film Beatty managed to get all the famous cartoon characters from the strip and put them in one original screenplay.The city's top mobster Big Boy Caprice is making a move to really eliminate competition.
When people like Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Sorvino, William Forsythe, R.G. Armstrong get themselves outrageously made-up to look like the cartoon creations of strip author Chester Gould and then indulge in an exercise of carving the biggest slice of ham, you've got to love this film.Al Pacino got a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, but any of these guys could have, it's only that Pacino as Big Boy Caprice gets the most screen time.
As for Madonna, the Material Girl does more than hold her own with all these acting heavyweights as club torch singer Breathless Mahoney.Before this film, Dick Tracy movies were consigned to the B pictures and worse as Saturday afternoon serials.
They make the movie look just like a living comic book strip, which is what Dick Tracy is and always was all about.
Bringing comic books to the screen is a rather recent trend in cinema but it looks like it is definitely here to stay and one of the best offerings of this genre was the 1990 version of DICK TRACY, Warren Beatty's colorful and smart re-thinking of the square-jawed comic book character.
Beatty has also wisely chosen to underplay and let his huge, all-star cast shine in their various roles and above them all is Al Pacino, who walks away with the film effortlessly with his completely over the top but totally watchable performance as Big Boy Caprice, I don't think Pacino has ever been funnier on film and even received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his efforts.
Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy" is not just a tribute to the famous comic strip, it is an homage to the great film tradition of the past."Dick Tracy" benefits from three vital components:  Beautiful, smart cinematography, a terrific Danny Elfman score, and strong acting performances.
Warren Beatty serves Tracy in good stead, Madonna is sufficiently steamy as Breathless Mahoney, and Glen Headly shines in perhaps the best performance of the movie.
With his sights primarily set on Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino), Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) tries to round up a number of gangsters.
At the same time, he informally adopts a street kid (Charlie Korsmo), encounters problems with girlfriend Tess Trueheart (Glenne Headly), and flirts with Breathless Mahoney (Madonna).If I were to rate Dick Tracy only on production design--sets, matte paintings, costumes, special make-up, color schemes, and so on--I wouldn't hesitate to give it a 10.
It's what people go to the movies FOR: to be taken to a whole 'nother world and way of looking at things.I used to read the Dick Tracy comic, but I never imagined that it could be translated to film in such a spectacular and highly enjoyable way.
DICK TRACY begins with Big Boy Caprice (played by Al Pacino with a great deal of abandon and fun) starting to gather together all the city's gangsters for one unified deal.
They are two films very different in substance, however their ability to create a unique world so powerfully is unmatched by other comic adaptations.One of DICK TRACY's most entertaining qualities is the cast it has gathered together.
And Charlie Korsmo as the kid offers one of the most brashly confident child performances captured on film in recent years.To top it off, DICK TRACY also features some incredible original music from Stephen Sondheim.
Pros: Cinematography, Costumes, Al Pacino, The Kid, Madonna, Elfman's score Cons: Breathless Mahoney lacks character and so does TracyDebuting in 1990 as a big budjet movie directed by Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy is a brilliant comic style film-noir and Warren Beatty shows sumptuous style in directing this fine cast and also starring the role of tracy himself.
They wanted a fun blockbuster but got a self-serious museum of noir-on-acid tropes.Twenty-five years later, without the noise of Universal's promotional moshing and the combination of the star power of Madonna and Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy isn't just an underrated blockbuster — it is also an artistic triumph, so completely intransigent in its determination to mimic the look and tone of its source that it finishes thrilling in its disregard for conformity.
As Big Boy Caprice, Pacino is loud, melodramatic, and fittingly moody; Madonna, in an impressive Marilyn impression, whispers her way through a role that requires her to do what she does best: sing and take on a compelling persona.In terms of style, Dick Tracy is a work of complete originality.
This film features a great soundtrack by Danny Elfman and equally great original songs from Steven Sondheim, my favorite being "Back in Business".Warren Beatty delivers an interesting performance as Dick Tracy.
Beatty's choice of color and light, style, and awesome casting all come together with a compelling mob script to make one heck of a movie.This was a real surprise, as I had personally never thrilled in the Dick Tracy line, but this film is top row!
Warren Beatty fits the title role perfectly making this the second best comic book movie after X-Men. Plus, Madonna is HOT HOT HOT in her tight black satin dress.
1-If you like Warren Beatty 2-If you enjoy a good ol' fashioned gangster movie 3-If you can appreciate good, campy fun 4-Have any appreciation for cinematography and excellent use of cameras and colors 5-Are a fan of Danny Elfman (This is one of his best scores!) 6-Are a huuuge fan of Al Pacino Only a few things stunk about this movie The actor who played the Kid was a little annoying.
His directing is great though, Dick Tracy was clearly made with love and with a clear sense that Beatty knew what he was doing, and while the story is at times skimpy and lacking in depth it is told with a lot of warmth and fun, the deliberate pacing not hurting it a bit.
Comic-book movies are a dime a dozen these days so maybe now Dick Tracy doesn't stand out as much as it did in 1990, a shame because Warren Beatty's color scheme and attention to detail is quite impressive.
The films are very similar visually and it's a shame we never got more Dick Tracy movies.The plot is nonsense, some Gangster called 'Big Boy Caprice (played by an over-the-top Al Pacino in such eccentric make-up it actually looks like Antoine de Caunes playing Al Pacino playing Big Boy) wants to take control of 'the city' and Dick Tracy does his best to take him down.
The film is a continuation of sight gags that are perfectly taken seriously.If, at the time, movies like Batman and (underrated) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were darker depictions of reality within a comic-book outline, Dick Tracy is more 'old-school'.
With a all star cast,great acting,tons of action,great villains and characters and most of them are from the comics which they look great in this movie,and a great double score/soundtrack by Danny Elfman and Madonna makes Dick Tracy a classic!
This film won three Oscars for Makeup, Art Direction, and Best Original Song (Sooner Or Later).Warren Beatty stars as Tracy; a tough detective who is determined to fight crime at any cost.
Had this project been given to someone else, chances are that the results wouldn't had been as good.Dick Tracy is a well acted, visually glamorous and stupendous movie- going experience that's a fun throw back to old film-noirs and jazzy detective yarns filled with blazing tommy guns and screeching tires.
Beatty is great as Dick Tracy, throughout the film as he faces various situations he always maintains a varying level of a stern look on his face, that of a cop determined to protect his city.Al Pacino's performance as Big Boy Caprice is like Tony Montana on crack, wildly entertaining and delightfully over the top.
Playing various members of Caprice's mob, William Forsythe, Ed O'Ross, Dustin Hoffman, and Mandy Patinkin all do well, along with many other members of the supporting cast.Madonna, somebody often criticized for her acting ability (or rather, her lack of), is actually quite good in this film as Breathless Mahoney.
I don't know what it was but you watched it and you actually believe you are in this comic book setting, from the camera angles to the extreme lighting to the colorful costumes to the colorful cars to the quick fades to other scenes, this was probably the first really great comic movie based on such a thing, right behind 'Batman' and 'Superman.' I remember going out with my brother and we would "play" Dick Tracy with our toys and all the things that came out at that time.
It had some of the most talented bunch of actors in it as well: Al Pacino, William Forsythe, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Sorvino People look to deep into things, saying it is 2 dimensional, but it was based off of a early comic strip that probably wasn't trying to give any inner meaning or whatever, they just wanted it to be entertaining and it was..
Warren Beatty in his best performance as detective Dick Tracy, Al Pacino is great as Big Boy, Charlie Korsmo & Glenn Headley are amazing and Madonna is...well, horrible.
Warren Beaty was just like James Bond of the 1930's the way he played Dick Tracy.An ensemble cast of the film includes: Charlie Korsmo, Glenn Headly, William Forsythe, Dustin Hoffman, James Caan, Ed O' Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, Mandy Patinkin, Charles Durning.
Also, the performances, are very impressive!Based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould, 'Dick Tracy' depicts the detective's love relationships with Breathless Mahoney and Tess Truehart, as well as his conflicts with crime boss Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice.
The movie stars Warren Beatty (who also directs)as the yellow coat wearing detective known as Dick Tracy.
Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) is taking over the city, and it's up to Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) to take him down.
Elfman is pretty much the "go-to-guy" for comic book movie scores, having also done two Batman films, two Spider-Man films and The Hulk.Beatty does a good job as Tracy, but the real marvel of acting has got to be Al Pacino, covered in make-up and supporting a back hump as Big Boy Caprice.
Pacino entertains as Big Boy, Beatty as Tracy and last but not least, the wonderful Madonna as sexy Breathless Mahoney.
Dick Tracy is THE best comic book movie ever made.
Warren Beatty directs and stars in what is probably the best comic-strip movie ever.
I loved this movie because I am a big fan of Dick Tracy, Waren Beatty and all of the actors did a terrific job of acting out their characters!
The make-up designs, which go to considerable length to recreate the look of the comic book characters, are also enjoyable.The film also has several memorable performances, and the most notable among these comes from someone who is has had little success on the big screen: Madonna.