Dick Tracy
ACE G-MAN --- WAGING A ONE-MAN WAR ON CRIME!
1937 | 290m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Alan James, Ray Taylor |
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| Writer: | Barry Shipman, Morgan Cox, Winston Miller, George Morgan |
| Staring: |
| Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 20, 1937 |
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| Director: | Alan James, Ray Taylor |
| Writer: | Barry Shipman, Morgan Cox, Winston Miller, George Morgan |
| Genres: | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | cigarette, based on comic, deception, double cross, movie serial, damsel in distress |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| Byron Foulger | Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12] |
| Roscoe Gerald | Power Co. Watchman-Thug (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alan James | Director |
| Alberto Colombo | Original Music Composer |
| Barry Shipman | Screenplay |
| William Nobles | Director of Photography |
| Morgan Cox | Story |
| Edgar Lyons | Director of Photography |
| Ray Taylor | Director |
| Winston Miller | Screenplay |
| George Morgan | Story |
| Chester Gould | Characters |
| Murray Seldeen | Supervising Editor |
| Helene Turner | Editor |
| Edward Todd | Editor |
| William Witney | Editor |
| Terry Kellum | Sound Engineer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nat Levine | Producer |
| J. Laurence Wickland | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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