Movie, 1937
Dick Tracy
IMDb 5.2, 290 min, Crime, Action, Comedy, Thriller, United States of America
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
12 credited
Ralph Byrd
Dick Tracy
Kay Hughes
Gwen Andrews
Smiley Burnette
Mike McGurk
LV
Lee Van Atta
Junior
John Picorri
Moloch
Carleton Young
Gordon Tracy, after
FH
Fred Hamilton
Steve Lockwood
Francis X. Bushman
Chief Clive Anderson
John Dilson
Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
RB
Richard Beach
Gordon Tracy, before [Chs. 1, 12]
Byron Foulger
Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12]
RG
Roscoe Gerald
Power Co. Watchman-Thug (uncredited)
Details
DirectorRay Taylor, Alan James
WritersWinston Miller, Morgan Cox, Barry Shipman, George Morgan, Chester Gould
Runtime290 min
ReleasedSat, Feb 20, 1937
CountryUnited States of America
IMDBtt0028785
