Dick Tracy Returns

Dick Tracy Returns

G-MEN VS. GUNMEN in an ALL-NEW thrill-packed series of adventures...with DICK TRACY...the greatest G-Man of them all leading the chase

1938 · 254 min · ★ 6.0 · Crime, Action

Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.

Directed by John English

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