

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
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.