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Dick Tracy
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1937 film serial by Alan James, Ray Taylor
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5.2Dick 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.
Released: 1937-02-20290 minDir: Ray TaylorCrime, Action, Comedy, ThrillerPart of: Dick Tracy Collection
Stream on: FlixFling
Cast
- Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy
- Kay Hughes as Gwen Andrews
- Smiley Burnette as Mike McGurk
- Lee Van Atta as Junior
- John Picorri as Moloch
- Carleton Young as Gordon Tracy, after
Themes
- cigarette
- deception
- based on comic
- double cross
- movie serial
- damsel in distress
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- FilmAffinity ID
- 934261
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- publication date
- 1937-01-01
- title
- Dick Tracy
- Commons category
- Dick Tracy (1937 serial)
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1937 American films1937 crime films1937 English-language films1937 filmsAmerican aviation filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsDick Tracy filmsEnglish-language crime filmsFilms directed by Alan JamesFilms directed by Ray TaylorFilms produced by Nat LevineRepublic Pictures film serialsTemplate film date with 2 release dates