Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

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

NR 1937 · 290 min · ★ 5.2 · Crime, Action, Comedy, Thriller

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 Ray Taylor · Written by Winston Miller

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Cast

Ralph Byrd Dick Tracy
Kay Hughes Gwen Andrews
Smiley Burnette Mike McGurk
Lee Van Atta Junior
John Picorri Moloch
Carleton Young Gordon Tracy, after
Fred Hamilton Steve Lockwood
Francis X. Bushman Chief Clive Anderson
John Dilson Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
Richard Beach Gordon Tracy, before [Chs. 1, 12]
Byron Foulger Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12]
Roscoe Gerald Power Co. Watchman-Thug (uncredited)

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