Ick. That's a bit yucky even by the strip's standards - methinks they were trying too hard to be original. Anyway, the first two miss the point of Dick Tracy villains entirely - they're not disfigured by anything that HAPPENED to them; they look that way naturally. It's an expression of their ugly souls or something. (There are exceptions, of course - there was Haf-and-Haf, who was the inspiration for Two-Face and had basically the same origin, and the Blank, who wore a mask - but generally speaking, they were just ugly 'cause they were freaks.) And in Beatty's defense, yes, his acting was kinda cardboard, but so is the character. Dick Tracy is one of those characters whose main function is to be a blank slate among a crowd of eccentric villains and supporting characters, thereby providing reader identification. (Other examples would be Tintin and Mickey Mouse.) Tracy's main feature is that he is a touch, honest cop - the strip never really goes much further than that, and neither did Beatty. Anyway, I've seen him in other movies where he was good, so I know he CAN act.