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Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

ACE G-MAN --- WAGING A ONE-MAN WAR ON CRIME!

19375.24h 50mNR

Overview

Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.

Directed by Alan James
Written by Morgan Cox, Barry Shipman, Winston Miller
Produced by Nat Levine
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Top Cast

Ralph Byrd

Ralph Byrd

Dick Tracy

Kay Hughes

Kay Hughes

Gwen Andrews

Smiley Burnette

Smiley Burnette

Mike McGurk

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Lee Van Atta

Junior

John Picorri

John Picorri

Moloch

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Gordon Tracy, after

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Fred Hamilton

Steve Lockwood

Francis X. Bushman

Francis X. Bushman

Chief Clive Anderson

John Dilson

John Dilson

Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

R

Richard Beach

Gordon Tracy, before [Chs. 1, 12]

Themes & Keywords

cigarettedeceptionbased on comicdouble crossmovie serialdamsel in distress

About Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy is a crime, action, comedy, thriller film released in 1937 exploring themes of cigarette, deception, based on comic, double cross, movie serial, damsel in distress. Directed by Alan James, it stars Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette. Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.

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