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Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

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

1937•4h 50m•

★5.6(11 ratings)

CrimeActionComedy

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.

Director

Writers

Morgan Cox, Barry Shipman, Winston Miller, George Morgan

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Main Cast

Ralph Byrd

Ralph Byrd

Dick Tracy

Kay Hughes

Kay Hughes

Gwen Andrews

Smiley Burnette

Smiley Burnette

Mike McGurk

Lee Van Atta

Lee Van Atta

Junior

John Picorri

John Picorri

Moloch

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Gordon Tracy, after

Fred Hamilton

Fred Hamilton

Steve Lockwood

Francis X. Bushman

Francis X. Bushman

Chief Clive Anderson

John Dilson

John Dilson

Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

Richard Beach

Richard Beach

Gordon Tracy, before [Chs. 1, 12]

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12]

Roscoe Gerald

Roscoe Gerald

Power Co. Watchman-Thug (uncredited)

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Alan James
Director: Ray Taylor

Writing

Story: Morgan Cox
Screenplay: Barry Shipman
Screenplay: Winston Miller
Story: George Morgan
Characters: Chester Gould

Production

Producer: Nat Levine
Associate Producer: J. Laurence Wickland

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Alberto Colombo
Sound Engineer: Terry Kellum

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Edgar Lyons
Director of Photography: William Nobles

Editing

Supervising Editor: Murray Seldeen
Editor: Helene Turner
Editor: Edward Todd
Editor: William Witney

Keywords

cigarettedeceptionbased on comicdouble crossmovie serialdamsel in distress

Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "ACE G-MAN --- WAGING A ONE-MAN WAR ON CRIME!"

#2

The runtime is 290 minutes (4h 50m).

#3

The film was directed by Alan James.

#4

The screenplay was written by Barry Shipman and Winston Miller.

#5

The score was composed by Alberto Colombo.

#6

Cinematography was handled by Edgar Lyons.

#7

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0028785.

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Rating

5.6/10

Average

11 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Dick Tracy

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

NR

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures