Dick Tracy (1937)

5.2/10 290 min Crime Action Comedy Thriller

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.

Cast

Ralph Byrd

Dick Tracy

Kay Hughes

Gwen Andrews

Smiley Burnette

Mike McGurk

John Picorri

Moloch

Carleton Young

Gordon Tracy, after

Francis X. Bushman

Chief Clive Anderson

John Dilson

Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

Byron Foulger

Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12]

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