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Overview
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Writers:
Chester Gould (comic strip)
Morgan Cox (story) ...
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Release Date:
20 February 1937 (USA) more
Tagline:
Based on cartoon strip by CHESTER GOULD (original poster) more
Plot:
A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick. | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
A Great Serial. more (10 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | ... | Paterno [Chs. 1, 12] | |
| Edwin Stanley | ... | Walter Odette / The Spider | |
| Harrison Greene | ... | Durston Cloggerstein | |
| Herbert Weber | ... | Tony Martino, thug [Ch. 1] |
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Runtime:
290 min (15 episodes)
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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The background comic art (panels) shown on most of the original posters for this serial came from the Sunday "Dick Tracy" comic page of December 6, 1936. more
Quotes:
Dick Tracy:
That was a pretty good tackle you made there, son.
Junior:
Aw, gee, that was nothing. But, say, you sure can use a gun! You're Dick Tracy, aren't you?
Dick Tracy:
Yes.
Junior:
I'm just an orphan. Some day I'm gonna be a G-Man, too!
Dick Tracy:
Well, now's a good time to start. Come along.
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Referenced in Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004) more
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Superb serial. The only one that matches it in quality is the first Flash Gordon. The production values are exceptional and eclipse many better known B movies. Ralph Byrd is perfectly cast in the title role. The only explanation I can think of for some viewers to rate this any lower than an "A" is that they just haven't seen very many serials. One of the few efforts in this line that actually has some atmospheric touches and, as another commenter has pointed out, the special effects are genuinely good.
Folks who don't really like serials are....well, they're folks who don't like serials (probably don't much like Christmas either). For those who do like serials, this is like a trip to the circus. Good action and WAY better than usual script and acting. As movies go, this probably only deserves a 7 but for a serial it deserves a perfect 10.