646f9e108c Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle him. Dick Tracy allows his girlfriend Tess to acta buyer for the gems but his plan backfires when she is captured by the homicidal Cueball. Not the best in the series of short Tracy films from the late forties. The villains provide most of the entertainment in these and Cueball isn&#39;t that interesting or fearsomesome of the others. Cueball kills anyone who double-crosses him and why do they all try to trick him out of the money? Because he&#39;s a overweight, bald idiot, that&#39;s why! Even the other crook&#39;s moll can play him for a sap.<br/><br/>It&#39;s fortunate that the other criminals aredozyCueball or even slow-witted Dick Tracy wouldn&#39;t have been able to catch them. It&#39;s probably fittingly ironic that Cueball meets his fate due to a dumb accident. If he had any more brains he would have been a moron…<br/><br/>Still, an entertaining addition to the seriesthe other minor characters get a chance to shine in their screen time. &#39;Filthy&#39; Flora, who shelters crooks for a price is particularly good and even Tracy&#39;s under used girlfriend gets in on the action in this one. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball is very easy to watch and enjoy. I tend to agree with other positive reviews seen here so I won&#39;t repeat. My one knock on it would be the casting of Morgan Conway in the lead. He is very, very dry, and tends to try to add a little Bogie in his voice. I do have one question I&#39;d like answered though. Can anyone tell me why the cover art on the DVD shows Cueballa green alien? Very green. Is it because the distributor, Alpha Videos, wanted him to look like an alien, or just some accident at the printer&#39;s shop? It&#39;s weird, very weird. Thanks to anyone who may know. In the meantime, see you in the funny papers!
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