Movies in the Post-WWII Years were Increasingly Used as Propaganda Backing the Government and Law Enforcement Forcing the "Big Brother" is Looking Out for You Scenario on the Public.
By 1950 that Format Changed "Film-Noir" and the Dark-Side of American Life into 'Police Procedurals" and the Tide was Tsunami by the Mid-to-Late 50's that Coincided with the Conservative Decade.
This Particular 1950 Low-Budget Plot is an Example of it Going Over the Top and Unrealistic to a Fault.
Turning Anti-Crime Techniques from Science to Science-Fiction.
Here Using "Radar", that Did Help Win the War into an Omnipresent Super-Weapon with Capabilities from Buck Rogers that Were Not and Ever Will Be a Reality.
Now, Completely Embarrassing and Glaring in its Manipulation of the Facts to Ensure All that We, the USA, are an Unbeatable Presence with God & Science On Our Side. So Communist Beware.
While Most Movies that Adopted the Government-Friendly Attitude were More Realistic, to the Point, and Didn't Overstate the Obvious, but Instead Used "Authority" Figures for Introductions, Voice-Over, and Epilogues Cheer-Leading the Procedurals.
But Here, it is Hopelessly and Laughable Throughout and the Movie Becomes Nothing More than a Plead for More Funding for Radar.
It's so Far-Out it is Watchable for its Over-Baked Tone.
The Show is Ridiculous, Over-the-Top, and Beyond Belief so Much, it's
Worth a Watch
Note...there is an In-Joke Moment when Ralph Byrd, who Played "Dick Tracy" more than once, Commented About Tracy's Gadgets, that took the Movie Out of its Skin for an Instance.
By 1950 that Format Changed "Film-Noir" and the Dark-Side of American Life into 'Police Procedurals" and the Tide was Tsunami by the Mid-to-Late 50's that Coincided with the Conservative Decade.
This Particular 1950 Low-Budget Plot is an Example of it Going Over the Top and Unrealistic to a Fault.
Turning Anti-Crime Techniques from Science to Science-Fiction.
Here Using "Radar", that Did Help Win the War into an Omnipresent Super-Weapon with Capabilities from Buck Rogers that Were Not and Ever Will Be a Reality.
Now, Completely Embarrassing and Glaring in its Manipulation of the Facts to Ensure All that We, the USA, are an Unbeatable Presence with God & Science On Our Side. So Communist Beware.
While Most Movies that Adopted the Government-Friendly Attitude were More Realistic, to the Point, and Didn't Overstate the Obvious, but Instead Used "Authority" Figures for Introductions, Voice-Over, and Epilogues Cheer-Leading the Procedurals.
But Here, it is Hopelessly and Laughable Throughout and the Movie Becomes Nothing More than a Plead for More Funding for Radar.
It's so Far-Out it is Watchable for its Over-Baked Tone.
The Show is Ridiculous, Over-the-Top, and Beyond Belief so Much, it's
Worth a Watch
Note...there is an In-Joke Moment when Ralph Byrd, who Played "Dick Tracy" more than once, Commented About Tracy's Gadgets, that took the Movie Out of its Skin for an Instance.