Dick Tracy | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | July 5, 2026
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Looks amazing. Campy when it needs to be, gritty when you least expect it. Pacino is a force of scenery-chewing nature. Elfman/Batman score.
| genre | Adventure | Comedy | Crime |
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| synopsis | 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. |
| lead actors | Warren Beatty | Al Pacino | Madonna | Dustin Hoffman | James Caan | Charlie Korsmo | Glenne Headly | Mandy Patinkin | Seymour Cassel | James Keane | Charles Durning | William Forsythe | James Tolkan | Ed O'Ross | Dick Van Dyke | R.G. Armstrong | Michael J. Pollard | Paul Sorvino | Henry Silva | Tom Signorelli | Stig Eldred | Jim Wilkey | Neil Summers | Chuck Hicks | Lawrence Steven Meyers | Tony Epper | Estelle Parsons | Allen Garfield | John Schuck | Charles Fleischer | Mary Woronov | Kathy Bates | Ian Wolfe | Henry Jones | Catherine O'Hara | Robert Beecher | Lew Horn | Michael Donovan O'Donnell | Marvellee Cariaga | Michael Gallup | Robert Costanzo | Jack Kehoe | Marshall Bell | Mike Hagerty | Arthur Malet | Jack Goode Jr. | Ray Stoddard | Hamilton Camp | Ed McCready | Colm Meaney | Bert Remsen | Frank Campanella | Sharmagne Leland-St. John | Bing Russell | Tom Finnegan | Billy Clevenger | Ned Claflin | John Moschitta Jr. | Neil Ross | Walker Edmiston | Mike Mazurki | Rita Maye Bland | Lada Boder | Dee Hengstler | Liz Imperio | Karyne Ortega | Karen Russell | Michelle Johnston | Tamara Carrera | Bernie Jones | Sheila Lussier | Bruce Mahler | Jerry St. John |
| director | Warren Beatty |