DICK TRACY
15 CHAPTER SERIAL
1937

PLOT:
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...

The location is 1930s San Francisco Bay Area and occasionally there are interesting outdoor scenes of San Francisco and the bay area which many will find of historical value.

CAST:
Ralph Byrd - Dick Tracy
Smiley Burnette - Mike McGurk
Francis X. Bushman - Anderson
George de Normand - Flynn
John Dilson - Brewster
Harrison Greene - Cloggerstein
Kay Hughes - Gwen
Theodore Lorch - Paterno
Wedgewood Nowell - Clayton
Buddy Roosevelt - Burke
Edwin Stanley - Odette
Lee van Atta
Carleton Young - Gordon Tracy
John Piccori - Moloch
Richard Beach - Gordon Tracy

CHAPTERS:
1. The Spider Strikes
2. The Bridge of Terror
3. The Fur Pirates
4. Death Rides the Sky
5. Brother Against Brother
6. Dangerous Waters
7. The Ghost Town Mystery
8. Battle in the Clouds
9. The Stratosphere Adventure
10. The Gold Ship
11. Harbor Pursuit
12. The Trail of the Spider
13. The Fire Trap
14. The Devil in White
15. Brothers United

RUNNING TIME: 290 MIN