{"id":35993,"date":"2022-05-28T12:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T17:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=35993"},"modified":"2022-05-28T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T17:10:17","slug":"belated-movie-reviews-754","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/05\/28\/belated-movie-reviews-754\/","title":{"rendered":"Belated Movie Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everyone should have a friend, but a cat’s head growing out of your chest is a bit outre.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Dick Tracy’s Dilemma<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1947) is a movie based on the classic comic strip, featuring the police detective following clues in a murder and theft of valuable furs. He’s on the tail of a brutal and tough low-life, somehow connected to the crime scene, while the low-life is following up his own set of clues that will lead to … Dick Tracy.<\/p>\n

Even though his girlfriend, Tess Trueheart – yes, you read that right,<\/p>\n

T R U E H E A R T\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

– barely exists in this story, despite getting second billing and doing nothing amazing, an irritating sidekick, a “friend” who I thought was Tracy’s butler<\/strong>, which was ridiculous, and who chewed the scenery something fierce, and some cheesy dialog, this was a surprisingly satisfying flick. This is no simple read the clues and wrap-up the problem: people dash desperately down alleyways to survive, pulling trick after trick; the clues are ambiguous, at least for Tracy, and, hey, no computers<\/strong>. That “war dialer” sure had sore fingers!<\/p>\n

I won’t recommend it, but, ya know, I have no regrets watching this one. If only the lead actor had that square jaw like the cartoon strips did…<\/p>\n

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