Dick Tracy (1937)
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Chester Gould's jut-jawed plainclothesman Dick Tracy first came to the screen in this 15-chapter Republic serial. Ralph Byrd stars as Tracy, a role which both brought him fame and typecast him for life. For the purposes of cliffhanging suspense, the Republic writing staff altered the Tracy… More Chester Gould's jut-jawed plainclothesman Dick Tracy first came to the screen in this 15-chapter Republic serial. Ralph Byrd stars as Tracy, a role which both brought him fame and typecast him for life. For the purposes of cliffhanging suspense, the Republic writing staff altered the Tracy "mythos" as set forth in Gould's daily comic strip. As the serial begins, Dick's brother Gordon (Richard Beach) is being controlled by a criminal genius known as "The Spider." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alan James, Ray Taylor
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 20, 1937 Wide
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Cast
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Ralph Byrd
as Dick Tracy
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Smiley Burnette
as Mike McGurk
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Francis X. Bushman
as Anderson
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George de Normand
as Flynn
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John Dilson
as Brewster
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Harrison Greene
as Cloggerstein
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Kay Hughes
as Gwen
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Theodore Lorch
as Paterno
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Wedgewood Nowell
as Clayton
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Buddy Roosevelt
as Burke
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Edwin Stanley
as Odette
- Lee Van Atta
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Carleton Young
as Gordon Tracy (after)
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John Piccori
as Moloch
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Richard Beach
as Gordon Tracy (before)
- John Picorri
