Dick Tracy

Name: Dick Tracy
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta, John Picorri

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Directors: Alan James, Ray TaylorWriters: Barry Shipman, George Morgan, Morgan Cox, Winston MillerProducer: Nat Levine

Ralph Byrd

as Dick Tracy

Kay Hughes

as Gwen Andrews

Smiley Burnette

as Mike McGurk

Lee Van Atta

as Junior

John Picorri

as Moloch

Carleton Young

as Gordon Tracy, after

Fred Hamilton

as Steve Lockwood

Francis X. Bushman

as Chief Clive Anderson

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