up cop says, "Thats him!" and dies. Dick  Tracy creator Chester Gould (qv) loved the idea and wanted him to  do the script, but due to Goulds demands on the picture that no one  could meet, the project was shelved. After Goulds death, the  demands werent as drastic from his family members and the project  was in development again. With Disney involved with the picture,  Mankiewiczs ideas and script was thrown out and two new writers  wrote a different story.