Dick Tracy's Dilemma

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Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	John Rawlins
Screenplay by	Robert Stephen Brode
Based on	Dick Tracy 1931- comic strip by Chester Gould
Produced by	Herman Schlom
Starring	Ralph Byrd Lyle Latell Kay Christopher
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Marvin Coil
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	July 12, 1947 (1947-07-12) (U.S.)[1]
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dick Tracy's Dilemma, released in the United Kingdom as Mark of the Claw, is a 1947 American action film based on the 1930s comic-strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Ralph Byrd stars as Dick Tracy, reprising the role after Republic Pictures's 1937 Dick Tracy serial and its three sequels. Preceded by Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, the film is the third installment of the Dick Tracy film series released by RKO Radio Pictures.

The follow-up to Dick Tracy's Dilemma was Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947), the fourth and last entry in the RKO series. Dick Tracy, the character next made the move to television. The program ran for 39 episodes in the 1950–1951 season. Ralph Byrd may well have played Dick Tracy in further adventures had he not died unexpectedly, of a heart attack, on August 18, 1952, at age 43.^[2]