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Lakeshore Classic Movies
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Season 2023
Episode 18
A gang of criminals, led by the menacing ‘Gruesome’ (Boris Karloff), has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a paralyzing gas that knocks out whoever breathes it. When the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, the dashing Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is on the case to apprehend the gang.
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