Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome is a fun comic book adaptation. Gruesome (Boris Karloff) has just got out of prison and of course is looking for his next blag. He happens upon a crooked scientist (Edward Ashley) who has stolen a secret gas which can render people like stone for a short period. Such an amazing invention could benefit mankind in so many ways but of course it's used to rob a bank.

Enter our hero Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) to investigate whats going on and solve the crime amid a rather worrying amount of corpses. This is a fun film with plenty of corny comic book humour (names like Dr A.Tomic and a taxidermist called Y.Stuffem for example) and fast paced action. Not a huge amount of depth and a bit one-dimensional perhaps but highly enjoyable all the same. Boris Karloff is great in this film as a brutal and sinister criminal.