Dick Tracy (1990)

Actors: Chuck Hicks (actor), Dustin Hoffman (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), Warren Beatty (actor), Hamilton Camp (actor), William Forsythe (actor), Allen Garfield (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), James Caan (actor), Marshall Bell (actor), Robert Costanzo (actor), Charles Durning (actor), Walker Edmiston (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Henry Jones (actor),

Plot: All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with her boyfriend, detective Dick Tracy. But there's something pretty rotten going on in town, with someone pretty rotten behind it, and Tracy has his hands full with the likes of villain Big Boy Caprice and with the almost irresistable Breathless Mahoney.

Keywords: action-hero, alternative-reality, arrest, attempted-murder, bank, based-on-comic, based-on-comic-strip, blockbuster, brawl, breakup
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller,
Taglines: Their turf. Their game. Their rules. They didn't count on HIS law... I'm on my way.

Quotes:

Big Boy Caprice: You get behind me, we all profit; you challenge me, we all go down! There was one Napoleon, one Washington, one me!

Big Boy Caprice: Around me, if a woman don't wear mink, she don't wear nuttin'.::Breathless Mahoney: Well, I look good both ways.

[Breathless pours a drink for Dick Tracy]::Dick Tracy: I'm on duty.::Breathless Mahoney: What's your day off?::Dick Tracy: Sunday.::Breathless Mahoney: It's a big world... must be Sunday somewhere.

Breathless Mahoney: Aren't you gonna frisk me?

Dick Tracy: No grief for Lips?::Breathless Mahoney: I'm wearing black underwear.::Dick Tracy: You know, it's legal for me to take you down to the station and sweat it out of you under the lights.::Breathless Mahoney: I sweat a lot better in the dark.

Big Boy Caprice: All right, that's enough! I want 'em dead, both of 'em. I want this no-face character dead and I want Tracy dead. What's the matter, you bums forgot how to kill people? Doesn't your work mean anything to you anymore? Have you no sense of pride in what you do? No sense of DUTY, no sense of DESTINY? I'm looking for generals; what do I got? Foot soldiers! I WANT DICK TRACY DEAD!

Big Boy Caprice: Wait a minute! Wait. I'm having a thought. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I'm gonna have a thought. It's coming... It's gone.

Breathless Mahoney: I know how you feel. You don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me. I get a lot of that.

Big Boy Caprice: Don't tell me about my boys messin' up the Tracy rub-out. They were being tested, they flunked. Now they're just flunkies, like you! I don't care if Tracy puts one and one together, don't matter to me. You're still workin' for me. You're on my side. You're not out! You're *not* out! When you are dead, then you are out! You are mine, I own you!

Big Boy Caprice: You know, Dick - You mind if I call you "Dick"? My associates here would very much like to see you have a little accident. But I tell 'em, "No. I'll take care of Tracy myself," I tell 'em. You know why? I want you on my side!::[Itchy hands Big Boy a suitcase. Big Boy takes out of it a large wad of cash]::Big Boy Caprice: And let me tell you what my side is. My side is a lifetime of action and adventure with no clock to punch. It's treating that gal of yours 100%. She should be treated like a princess. Protected like a baby.::Dick Tracy: You gonna put *all* that money down there?::Big Boy Caprice: Fifteen thousand clams.::[Big Boy drops the money on the table. The Kid watches from the small window]::Big Boy Caprice: It's a deal.::[Big Boy pushes the money toward Tracy]::Itchy: Fifteen thousand clams.::[Tracy takes the money. The Kid gapes in disbelief, sad and disappointed to see his hero take the bribe. Itchy chuckles]::Big Boy Caprice: Welcome to new waters, Dick! We're gonna run one hell of a ship with you aboard. There's a big world out there, and it's up for sale. All of it. All we gotta do is make sure that the people know I'm the one big enough to run it.::Dick Tracy: [dryly] And that you are guilty of attempting to bribe an officer of the law.::[Tracy throws all the money back in Big Boy's face. The Kid smiles, realizing Tracy never meant to take the bribe money. The thugs grab hold of Tracy]::Itchy: Hey, hey!::Flattop: Not so fast, coppa.::Big Boy Caprice: [angrily] You dumb dick!