Dick Tracy (1937)

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Ralph Byrd

Dick Tracy

Kay Hughes

Gwen Andrews

Smiley Burnette

Mike McGurk

Lee Van Atta

Junior

John Picorri

Moloch
(as John Piccori)

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

Patorno [Chs. 1, 12]

Edwin Stanley

Walter Odette

Harrison Greene

Cloggerstein…

Herbert Weber

Tony Martino [Ch. 1]

Buddy Roosevelt

Whitney Burke

George DeNormand

Henchman Flynn [Chs. 2-3, 5]
(as George De Normand)
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Byron Foulger

Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12]
(as Byron K. Foulger)

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Trivia
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. Fire Trap, 14. The Devil in White, 15. Brothers United.

Goofs
In the first chapter Junior knocks on the window to get Tracy's attention crying "Mr. Tracy, Mr. Tracy!", but after he tackles one of the fleeing villains he says " Aren't you Dick Tracy?".

Quotes
Moloch: Brother against brother - one good, one evil. Ahh, I wonder which will win?

Crazy credits
"Oscar & Elmer" are given final cast credits in the opening sequence.

Connections
Edited into Dick Tracy (1990)

Dick Tracy takes on a powerful criminal known as The Lame one (the irony.)

I have to be honest, I found this a real chore, I was gifted Dick Tracy returns on dvd, so sat through this one again to catch up, I found this such a long, drawn out slog.

The copy I had was very grainy, the recent viewing of it was much sharper, the picture had definitely been cleaned up somewhat, that did improve the experience a little.

Some of the dialogue is cringe worth, I know it's donkey's years old, but some of the moments are so agonisingly corny. I found the storyline a little odd, but it could definitely have been condensed down somewhat.

Some of the special effects look ok considering the year it was made, and some of the model shots hold up well.

Ralph Byrd would play the part of Dick Tracy for a long time, I think he got better in the part with time, I thought this was a bit of a rough start.

4/10.