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26/04/2022 9:15 am
Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror, and it was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977, and various artists and writers have continued it. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, including Dick Tracy in which Warren Beatty played the lead in 1990.
The movie, Dick Tracy is a 1990 American action crime comedy film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Warren Beatty produced, directed, and starred in the film, whose supporting cast includes Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly, and Charlie Korsmo. Dick Tracy depicts the detective's romantic relationships with Breathless Mahoney and Tess Trueheart as well as his conflicts with crime boss Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice and his henchmen. Tracy also begins fostering a young street urchin named Kid.
In 1990 as part of the Dick Tracy movie promotion, The Walt Disney Company allowed ERTL to produce four 1/64 scale cars based on those in the movie.
26/04/2022 12:53 pm
I was not aware of those models. Thanks for the pictures and the background information.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
27/04/2022 5:13 am
Very cool replicas with a connection to the Dick Tracy movie. Nice !
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