Based off of a comic book created by Chester Ghould. Dick Tracy is one of the toughest and the best police officer for the city. He is currently on the hunt for the biggest crime boss named Big Boy Caprice who recently killed off the former crime boss Lips Manless. Now Big Boy is rallying up all of the criminals in the city who are not only trying to make the city bow to Big Boy's wishes but to eliminate Tracy their only huge competition. However Tracy is facing with a whole lot of issues, as he is trying to not only track down Big Boy, but to keep his girlfriend Tess Trueheart, take care of a nameless orphan and dodge a seductive club dancer Breathless Mahoney and a mysterious gangster named "The Blank". Can Tracy overcome these obstacles and save the city?

The main colors in the film are the six that the original comic strip appeared in: red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, plus black and white.

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.

Continuity: The credits, in order of appearance, show Pruneface then Mumbles; Mumbles first appeared long before Pruneface did.

Written by Stephen Sondheim
Performed by Madonna
Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock
Strings Arranged by Shirley Walker
Courtesy of Sire Records