The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Practical Effects
Academy-winning makeup turns actors into living comic strips.
Production
Entire city built on soundstage—zero location shooting.
Score
Sondheim-penned songs Madonna actually performs live.
Director
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
Dick Tracy
Al Pacino
Big Boy Caprice
Madonna
Breathless Mahoney
Dustin Hoffman
Mumbles
James Caan
Spaldoni
Charlie Korsmo
Kid
Glenne Headly
Tess Trueheart
Mandy Patinkin
88 Keys
Seymour Cassel
Sam Catchem
James Keane
Pat Patton
Charles Durning
Chief Brandon
William Forsythe
Flattop
James Tolkan
Numbers
Ed O'Ross
Itchy
Dick Van Dyke
D.A. Fletcher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beatty bought the rights in 1980; spent a decade perfecting the makeup before cameras rolled. The patience shows.
Disney's first PG-13 film, greenlit after Roger Rabbit proved adult audiences would buy 'toon logic—then panicked and demanded cuts anyway.
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