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8.5/10   160 votes
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Writers:

Ronald Davidson (original screenplay)
Chester Gould (comic strip characters)
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Release Date:

27 December 1941 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama more

Tagline:

DICK TRACY'S CHALLENGE! America's greatest detective hurls defiance into the shadows of the Underworld in his search for murderous criminals who threaten New York's destruction. The top Tracy Serial of all time.

Plot:

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible. | add synopsis

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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Ralph Byrd ... Dick Tracy

Michael Owen ... Billy Carr
Jan Wiley ... June 'Eve' Chandler
John Davidson ... Lucifer
Ralph Morgan ... J.P. Morton
Kenneth Harlan ... Police Lt. Cosgrove
John Dilson ... Henry Weldon
Howard C. Hickman ... Stephen Chandler
Robert Frazer ... Daniel Brewster
Robert Fiske ... Walter Cabot
Jack Mulhall ... Jim Wilson
Hooper Atchley ... Arthur Trent

Anthony Warde ... John Corey
Chuck Morrison ... Henchman Trask [Ch. 1]
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Dick Tracy vs. the Phantom Empire (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:

263 min (15 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The scene where Tracy uses the infrared light bulb to reveal the presence of the Ghost was accomplished simply by printing the film in negative form. more

Quotes:

Dr. Jonathan Martin [Ch. 1]: The Amsterdam Fault, a volcanic fissure opening into the subterranean fires miles below New York. Sea erosion has sealed up that vent, but a few depth charges will smash through and bring about an earthquake and a tidal wave that will be catastrophic. The Ghost isn't bluffing! He *can* destroy New York! more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Body Fever (1969) more


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Serial review, 4 March 2002
8/10
Author: Kenneth Walker (tomwal@bellsouth.net) from louisville, kentucky

Even the opening credits as a police car races at high speed down a city street is exciting!The plot in summary is that "The Ghost" seeks revenge against the people that he feels are responsible for his brothers death.With the aid of a mechanical device,he can make himself invisable.The special effects for this are excellent.Ralph Byrd reprises his role as Tracy,and Ralph Morgan is his adversary.Music,photography,acting and direction are first rate.Another excellent Tracy serial from Republic.

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