Dick Tracy: RKO Classic Collection (Previously Owned DVD)

Condition: Both Discs In Good Condition With Some Minor Surface Markings. 

The comic-strip crime-fighter Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, was part of the Saturday matinee serials, starring Ralph Byrd. In 1945, RKO revived the Tracy series, and Morgan Conway was chosen to portray Tracy in a pair of feature films: Dick Tracy Detective (1945) and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946). RKO's earliest publicity photos posed Conway in profile, hoping to imitate Gould's square-jawed caricatures. Although Conway's screen Tracy didn't resemble the print Tracy in the flesh, Conway's dramatic interpretation was faithful; he gave the role a humble, businesslike quality while keeping with police procedure and is considered by many to be the best on screen Dick Tracy.

Although Conway's Tracy was praised by critics as the closest to Gould's original concept, the public seemed to prefer Byrd, who returned in the role for the final two RKO features, Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) and Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) (with screen legend Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) spicing up the final RKO feature as the fearsome "Gruesome").

Collection Includes: Dick Tracy, Detective / Dick Tracy vs. Cueball / Dick Tracy's Dilemma / Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 

Special Features: Chapter one of Dick Tracy Returns serial / Chapter One of Dick Tracy's G-Men serial / RKO Lobby Card Photo Gallery / Intros by Max Allan Collins / Trailers