Dick Tracy
(1937)
Crime / Mystery / Serial
Directed by Ray Taylor and Alan James
Cast:
Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy
Kay Hughes as Gwen Andrews
Smiley Burnette as Mike McGurk
Lee Van Atta as Junior
John Picorri as Dr Moloch
Carleton Young as Gordon Tracy
Fred Hamilton as Steve Lockwood
Francis X. Bushman as Clive Anderson
John Dilson as Ellery Brewster
Richard Beach as Gordon Tracy
Wedgewood Nowell as H. T. Clayton
Theodore Lorch as Paterno
Edwin Stanley as Walter Odette
Harrison Greene as Cloggerstein
Herbert Weber as Tony Martino
Buddy Roosevelt as Burke
George DeNormand as Flynn
Byron K. Foulger as Kovitch
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" and turns him against his brother.
Chapters:
Chapter 01 - The Spider Strikes
Chapter 02 - The Bridge of Terror
Chapter 03 - The Fur Pirates
Chapter 04 - Death Rides the Sky
Chapter 05 - Brother Against Brother
Chapter 06 - Dangerous Waters
Chapter 07 - The Ghost Town Mystery
Chapter 08 - Battle in the Clouds
Chapter 09 - The Stratosphere Adventure
Chapter 10 - The Gold Ship
Chapter 11 - Harbor Pursuit
Chapter 12 - The Trail of the Spider
Chapter 13 - The Fire Trap
Chapter 14 - The Devil in White
Chapter 15 - Brothers United
