
Dick Tracy
1990 · Movie · PG · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · 66% critics
A straight-arrow comic-strip detective takes on a powerful crime boss trying to unite the city’s underworld. As the pressure mounts, a seductive nightclub singer complicates his personal life, and a growing wave of violence forces him to juggle duty, loyalty, and survival.
Based on Dick Tracy
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-06-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (1,045 votes)
- Box office
- $162,738,726
- Budget
- $47,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a loud, colorful, comic-strip crime romp with big personalities and simple stakes, like a heightened cousin to Legal Eagles; Not for you if you need grounded realism or deep character drama.
Pros: vivid comic-book world; eccentric villains; brisk, pulpy fun | Cons: thin story; uneven acting; style over substance
Themes
- martial arts
- corruption
- fight
- gangster
- crime fighter
- investigation
- villain
- based on comic
- film noir
- organized crime
- one man army
- criminal
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1991
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1991
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1991 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1991 · nominated
Cast & crew

Warren Beatty
as Dick Tracy

Al Pacino
as Big Boy Caprice

Madonna
as Breathless Mahoney

Dustin Hoffman
as Mumbles

James Caan
as Spaldoni

Charlie Korsmo
as Kid

Glenne Headly
as Tess Trueheart

Mandy Patinkin
as 88 Keys

Seymour Cassel
as Sam Catchem

James Keane
as Pat Patton
Directed by Warren Beatty