Some things I liked some I did not.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Probably the coolest thing about this picture is the classy intro with the newspaper comic images of Dick Tracy's expansive cast of villains. The one that shows up in this picture is 'The Claw', a rough looking chap with a hook for a hand menacingly portrayed by Jack Lambert. A lot of the picture belongs to the villain as he skulks around back alleys taking out anyone who might get in his way. A couple of times an off screen villain by the name of Hatchet Harry is mentioned. Wouldn't it have been cool to see a Hatchet go up against The Claw? Wishful thinking I guess.As far as mysteries go, this one is pretty transparent as a robbery of the Flawless Fur Company turns out to be an inside job with the thieves actually using the combination of the fur vault to make their entry! I was pretty amazed to see the Honesty Insurance guys show up in the middle of the night and at the drop of a hat to investigate the claim. That's what you call service! Ralph Byrd fills the bill nicely as detective Dick Tracy, though I had to wonder why Tess Trueheart (Kay Christopher) had to show up for this one. Tracy barely acknowledged her in the few scenes they were in together, but I guess it made sense to have familiar names from the comic strip show up. What I missed in this film were the pun inspired names for characters like you had in "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" - Dr. A. Tomic and his assistant I.M. Learned. Longshot Lillie was a neat character, but she really didn't stick around too long.Anyway, Ralph Byrd is back after Morgan Conway played Tracy in the first two films of this franchise. Most folks prefer Byrd over Conway, and I'd have to second that. Overall, this one's just rather OK, but the telegraphed ending was a blast, once you realize The Claw's metal hand is somehow going to engage an electrical transformer for a literal lights out. Earlier, I couldn't help thinking that perhaps the villain's loping foot drag might have been the inspiration for Keyser Soze a half century later.

Originated by Chester Gould's syndicated comic strip, Dick Tracy has been a durable cinematic character with appearances ranging from 1930s serials to an over-hyped 1990 blockbuster-style motion picture starring Warren Beatty and Madonna--but the character's film appearances are perhaps most fondly recalled from the 1940s RKO Pictures series. Written with stacco dialogue and seldom running more than an hour, they were welcome "B" movies at almost every matinée.Clocking in at exactly sixty minutes, DILEMMA plays out a fast clip. A fur heist and insurance scam turns deadly when a criminal employs "The Claw"--and not only does the movie rack up an impressive body count, it has considerably more suspense than the usual Dick Tracy flick. Ralph Byrd, who frequently played Dick Tracy, is quite good, but the edge of this film comes from the supporting cast: Jack Lambeth's the Claw is memorably dark; Ian Keith, a noted stage actor whose film credits include QUEEN Christina, scores as the comic Vitamin Flintheart; and Bernadene Hayes proves memorable in the brief role of Longshot Lillie. The cast is very nicely rounded out by Kay Christopher as a particularly appeal Tess Trueheart and such character actors as Lyle Latell, William B. Davidson, Tony Barrett, and Tom Keene.High art it isn't, but DICK TRACY'S DILEMMA is fun in and of itself, fast moving, well acted, and well director by "B" movie workhorse John Rawlins. Certainly among the better outings for the famous character, it's very entertaining. Recommended for Dick Tracy fans everywhere.

RALPH BYRD takes over the Dick Tracy role with good results, looking more like the square-jawed comic book hero than Morgan Conway. He's on the trail of "The Claw" (played very effectively by JACK LAMBERT) and the film is chock full of many noir-like scenes involving "The Claw" and his pursuit of victims, who seems to enjoy using his hook to kill a few unlucky men.IAN KEITH is back as Vitamin Flintheart, once again upstaging everyone with his theatrical flair for speeches and having a little more to do with the plot and KAY CHRISTOPHER fills in for Anne Jeffreys as Tess Trueheart.But, in truth, Byrd is given little opportunity to show how well he was cast in the part since most of the crime drama involves the intriguing villain with the hook for a hand who drags his foot and walks the shadowy streets on his hunt for the kill.Summing up: Good little crime drama about fur thieves proves that low-budget thrillers like this from RKO could be rewarding enough for noir fans.

This one has Tracy after a gang of fur-robbers' fence, with a couple of brutal murders thrown in along the way for a good measure.A quite well made entry in the series, I agree that you don't always need a lot of money to make a well thought-out and entertaining film (the stupefyingly bad Blair Witch Project aside). The script and acting is satisfactorily brisk and logical, with a nice RKO-bound seedy and menacing atmosphere in evidence. Down those mean streets the Falcon never went! What makes it stand out however is the OTT performance by Jack Lambert as the Claw - a potent mix of Rondo Hatton's Creeper from the Pearl of Death and Long John Silver - the education system sure must have gone wrong with him!As for Byrd for my money he was perfect as Tracy, with his jaw sticking out further than the brim of his hat producing even more shadows!