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Based on the famous cartoon strip by Chester Gould, this was the initial entry of the Dick Tracy serials from Republic Pictures in 1937. In this super thriller, a clubfooted criminal known only as the "Lame One" masterminds a war on G-men. One of his villainous plans is to destroy the new Bay Bridge by bombarding it with high-frequency sound waves from his stratospheric aircraft, "The Wing". In the meantime, Dick Tracy’s brother is kidnapped and forced to aid the notorious Lame One, who turns out to be…? This serial features 15 chapters of fistfights, car chases and aerial stunts, as only Republic Pictures could stage them.
Original Release
02/20/1937
US Release
02/20/1937
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ralph Byrd | Dick Tracy |
Kay Hughes | Gwen Andrews |
Smiley Burnette | Mike McGurk |
Lee van Atta | Junior |
John Picorri | Moloch |
Carleton Young | Gordon Tracy, After |
Fred Hamilton | Steve Lockwood |
Francis X. Bushman | Chief Clive Anderson |
John Dilson | Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12] |
Richard Beach | Gordon Tracy, Before [Chs. 1, 12] |
Directors
Writers
Chester Gould, Barry Shipman, Winston Miller, Morgan Cox, George Morgan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ralph Byrd | Dick Tracy |
Kay Hughes | Gwen Andrews |
Smiley Burnette | Mike McGurk |
Lee van Atta | Junior |
John Picorri | Moloch |
Carleton Young | Gordon Tracy, After |
Fred Hamilton | Steve Lockwood |
Francis X. Bushman | Chief Clive Anderson |
John Dilson | Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12] |
Richard Beach | Gordon Tracy, Before [Chs. 1, 12] |
Wedgwood Nowell | H.T. Clayton [Chs. 8-9] |
Theodore Lorch | Patorno [Chs. 1, 12] |
Edwin Stanley | Walter Odette |
Harrison Greene | Cloggerstein / Durston |
Herbert Weber | Tony Martino [Ch. 1] |
Buddy Roosevelt | Whitney Burke |
George DeNormand | Henchman Flynn [Chs. 2-3, 5] / Claude Destino [Chs. 6, 8-9] |
Byron Foulger | Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12] |
Ed 'Oscar' Platt | Oscar [Ch. 5, 6, 9, 14] |
Lou Fulton | Elmer [Ch. 5, 6, 9, 14] |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nat Levine | Producer |
J. Laurence Wickland | Producer |