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Dick Tracy

(1937)

February 20, 1937• 4h 50m
52%
TMDB Score

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.

Ray Taylor

Director

Top Billed Cast

RB

Ralph Byrd

Dick Tracy

KH

Kay Hughes

Gwen Andrews

SB

Smiley Burnette

Mike McGurk

LVA

Lee Van Atta

Junior

JP

John Picorri

Moloch

CY

Carleton Young

Gordon Tracy, after

FH

Fred Hamilton

Steve Lockwood

FXB

Francis X. Bushman

Chief Clive Anderson

JD

John Dilson

Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

RB

Richard Beach

Gordon Tracy, before [Chs. 1, 12]