The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 9 wins & 37 nominations total
- Soprano
- (as Marvelee Cariaga)
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- TriviaDanny Elfman was hired to compose the film score because Warren Beatty was impressed with his work on Batman (1989). On working with Beatty, Elfman has said "Warren was insane".
- GoofsWhen Dick Tracy jumps out of a window and slides down the lamp post, he bangs his head on the curve of the pole towards the top. (This was Beatty doing his own stunt.)
- Quotes
Dick Tracy: No grief for Lips?
Breathless Mahoney: I'm wearing black underwear.
Dick Tracy: You know, it's legal for me to take you down to the station and sweat it out of you under the lights.
Breathless Mahoney: I sweat a lot better in the dark.
- Crazy creditsThe opening Touchstone Pictures logo appears in black and white.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Arsenio Hall Show: Episode dated 1 May 1990 (1990)
- SoundtracksSooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)
Written by Stephen Sondheim
Performed by Madonna
Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock
Strings Arranged by Shirley Walker
Courtesy of Sire Records
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- Also known as
- Thám tử Dick Tracy
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- Budget
- $47,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $103,738,726
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,543,911
- Jun 17, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $162,738,726
- Runtime
- 1h 45m(105 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1