Screenwriters: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. from the comic strip created by Chester Gould

Producer: Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty – as star, director, and producer –  brings the classic comic to life on the big screen with a cavalcade of cameos and co-stars including Madonna, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, and Dick Van Dyke – many of which with impressive prosthetics. Hard-boiled detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) is searching for evidence that proves Alphonse “Big Boy” Caprice is the city’s most dangerous crime boss. He may have found the key to unraveling the crimelord’s illegal empire in Breathless Mahoney (Madonna), an enigmatic barroom singer who has witnessed some of Caprice’s crimes firsthand. However, she seems more set on stealing Dick away from his girlfriend, Tess (Glenne Headly), than helping him solve the case of his career. With Academy Award-winning makeup, music, and art direction – this is one comic book adaptation that’s as stylistic as it is packed with big private dick energy.