Warren Beatty leads and all-star cast in this story of a hard-nosed, soft hearted detective and a streetwise "Kid" with a hearty appetite for adventure. Together, they fight to clean up the crime-ridden streets of the city but standing in their way is a mob of the most colourful gangsters ever assembled.
Directed by
Warren Beatty
Written by
Chester Gould (characters in Dick Tracy comic strip); Jim Cash (written by); Jack Epps Jr. (written by).
Starring
Warren Beatty (Dick Tracy); Charlie Korsmo (Kid); Michael Donovan O'Donnell (McGillicuddy); Jim Wilkey (Stooge); Stig Eldred (Shoulders); Neil Summers (The Rodent); Chuck Hicks (The Brow); Lawrence Steven Meyers (Little Face); William Forsythe (Flattop); Ed O'Ross (Itchy); Glenne Headly (Tess Trueheart); Marvelee Cariaga (Soprano); Michael Gallup (Baritone); Seymour Cassel (Sam Catchem); James Keane (Pat Patton). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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