Dick Tracy is a 1990 American pulp action film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Warren Beatty produced, directed, and starred in the film, which features supporting roles from Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Madonna, William Forsythe, Glenne Headly, Paul Sorvino, Dick Van Dyke, and Charlie Korsmo. Dick Tracy depicts the detective's love relationships with Breathless Mahoney and Tess Truehart, as well as his conflicts with crime boss Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice. Tracy also begins his upbringing of "The Kid". Development of the film started in the... early 1980s with Tom Mankiewicz assigned to write the script. The project also went through directors Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Walter Hill, and Richard Benjamin before the arrival of Beatty. Filming was mostly at Universal Studios. Danny Elfman was hired to compose the film score, and the music was featured on three separate soundtrack albums. Dick Tracy was released in 1990 to mixed to positive reviews, but was generally a success at the box office and at awards time.
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| Release date: | June 14, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Warren Beatty |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Warren Beatty |
| Editor: | Richard Marks |
| Music by: | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography: | Vittorio Storaro |
| Screenplay by: | Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr. |
| Estimated budget: | $47,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Dick Tracy |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |