Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces. Suspects abound but Tracy, getting a clue that there will be 15 murders in all, must find the common thread among the victims before more are killed.
Dick Tracy
Morgan Conway
Tess Trueheart
Anne Jeffreys
'Splitface'
Mike Mazurki
Judith Owens
Jane Greer
Pat Patton
Lyle Latell
Chief Brandon
Joseph Crehan
Junior
Mickey Kuhn
Prof. Linwood J. Starling
Trevor Bardette
Steve Owens
Morgan Wallace
Deathridge the Undetaker
Milton Parsons
Mayor
William Halligan
Policeman (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Woman (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Miss Stanley (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Paradise Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Dorothy Stafford (uncredited)
Mary Currier
Detective Manning (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Bruce Edwards
Mrs. Caraway (uncredited)
Edythe Elliott
Bystander at Murder (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Policeman (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Joe - Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Edmund Glover
Paradise Club Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Mayor's Escort (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Motorist (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Detective at Starling's Interrogation (uncredited)
George Magrill
Jules (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Paradise Club Patron (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Johnny Moko (uncredited)
Tommy Noonan
Girl (uncredited)
Florence Pepper
Waiter at Paradise Club (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Policeman (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Motorist (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Detective at Starling's Interrogation (uncredited)
Harry Strang