Summary
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Details
Release Date: September 2, 1939
Runtime: 302 minutes
Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 3.7/10 (3 votes)
Dick Tracy Collection

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.

Dick Tracy
Detective Tracy rescues Tess Trueheart and Junior from a killer called Splitface.

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.

Dick Tracy Returns
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.

Dick Tracy
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.

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.

Dick Tracy's G-Men
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
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Cast

Ralph Byrd
Dick Tracy

Irving Pichel
Nicolas Zarnoff

Walter Miller
Henchman Robal

George Douglas
Henchman Sandoval

Kenneth Harlan
FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]

Julian Madison
Agent Foster

Jennifer Jones
Gwen Andrews

Robert Wayne
Agent Wilbur

Joe McGuinn
Henchman Tom

Harry Humphrey
Warden Stover

Broderick O'Farrell
Russell

Ed Brady
Jonas

George Burton
Henchman

Budd Buster
Cappy

Ed Cassidy
Yacht Captain

George Cleveland
Gramps Williams

Edmund Cobb
Lt. Reynolds

Tristram Coffin
Emissary Zobar (uncredited)

Charles Dorety
Barge Thug

Joseph Forte
Stanton

Charles K. French
Doctor

Milton Frome
Officer

Bud Geary
Ben

Edward Hearn
Forest Ranger

Reed Howes
Slim

Lloyd Ingraham
Judge Stoddard

Jack Kenney
Ward

Ethan Laidlaw
Pete

Carey Loftin
Trooper on Foot

Sammy McKim
Sammy Williams

Monte Montague
Bayside Dock Thug

Charles Murphy
Stopes

Bill Nestell
Thug in Truck

Frank O'Connor
Army Captain

Eddie Parker
Bayside Dock Thug

Edward Peil Sr.
Price

Stanley Price
Dr. Shang

Charles Sherlock
Car 14 Trooper

Lee Shumway
Burke

Tom Steele
Lighthouse and House Thug

Charles Sullivan
Brody

Josef Swickard
Presidente Huenemo Mendoza

Al Taylor
Launch Henchman

Forrest Taylor
Mr. Stevens

Bob Terry
Benton

Sailor Vincent
Intern

Wally West
Henchman in Office




