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Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy (1937) is a 15-chapter Republic movie serial starring Ralph Byrd based on the Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould. It was directed by Alan James and Ray Taylor.
Plot
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and masked mystery villain the Spider/the Lame One (both names are used) and his Spider Ring. In the process of committing various crimes, including using his flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "speed plane", The Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.
Cast
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| author | Barry Shipman Chester Gould George Morgan Morgan B. Cox Winston Miller |
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| director | Alan James Ray Taylor |
| editor | Edward Todd Helene Turner William Witney |
| events | aviation |
| genre | crime |
| keywords | bay bridge brother against brother crime boss dick tracy flying wing mask masked mystery villain san francisco san francisco–oakland bay bridge sonic weaponry sound weapon steal turn |
| musicBy | Harry Grey |
| producer | J. Laurence Wickland Nat Levine |
| publisher | Republic Pictures |