Dick Tracy Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy Al Pacino as “Big Boy” Madonna as Breathless Mahoney Glenne Headly as Tess Trueheart Charlie Kosrmo as “the Kid” • Directed by Warren Beatty • Produced by Warren Beatty • Written by Jim Cash, Jack EppsJr. • Based on Dick Tracy by Chester Gould • Starring - Warren Beatty - Al Pacino - Madonna - Glenne Headly - Charlie Kosrmo • Music by - Danny Elfman - Stephen Sondheim • Cinematography Vittorio Storaro • Editing by Richard Marks • Distributed by Touchstone Pictures • Release date June 15, 1990 • Running time 105 min • Country United States • Language English • Budget $ 101 million • Gross revenue $ 162,738,726 Dick Tracy was released in 1990 to mixed reviews, but was generally a success at the box office and at awards time.. It picked up seven Academy Award nominations and won in three of the categories: Best Original Song, Best Makeupand Best Art Direction. A sequel was planned, but a controversy over the film rights ensued between Beatty andTribune Media Services, and the lawsuit still goes on, so a second film has not been produced Dick Tracy is a 1990 American pulp action film based on the 1930s comic strip. Dick Tracy depicts the detective's love relationships with Breathless Mahoney and Tess Truehart, as well as his conflicts with crime boss Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice. Tracy also begins his upbringing of "The Kid". He is heavily committed to break the organized crime that infests in the city. Dick Tracy In addition, Tracy is in line to become the chief of police, which he scorns as a "desk job". The main antagonist and the leading crime boss of the city. Big Boy Although he is involved with numerous criminal activities, they remain unproven, as Tracy has never been able to catch him in the act or find a witness to testify. Breathless Mahoney An entertainer at Club Ritz who is interested in stealing Tracy from his girlfriend. She is also the sole witness to several of Caprice's crimes and is eventually revealed to be The Blank. Tess Trueheart Dick Tracy's girlfriend The Kid A scrawny street orphan who survives by eating out of garbage cans. He falls into the life of both Tracy and Trueheart and becomes an ally. • Deep Space • Flat Space • Closed Space • Open Space .