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Junior
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Moloch
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H.T. Clayton [Chs. 8-9]
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Patorno [Chs. 1, 12]
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Walter Odette /
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Tony Martino [Ch. 1]
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A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.
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Based on cartoon strip by CHESTER GOULD (original poster) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
20 February 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Adventures of Dick Tracy See more »Filming Locations:
Republic Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
(15 episodes)Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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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. See more »Quotes
Moloch: Brother against brother - one good, one evil. Ahh, I wonder which will win?See more »
This is one of the better serials I've seen...especially of the less glitzy pre-1940 productions. There are few (in fact only one I think) cliffhanger ending that doesn't ring true (the kind where we see the action...and then the resolve shows different actions happening in the next episode). That puts it up real high in my book on just that point.
There isn't all that much care put to keeping the serial like the comic strip. Tracy became a g-man instead of a city police detective and gone are the maladjusted and malformed villains of his colorful rogues gallery. The Lame One, the villain of this chapterplay, doesn't compare to the grotesqueries of The Brow or Little Face.
Ralph Byrd is excellent as Tracy...in fact he IS Dick Tracy. Forget Morgan Conway's forgettable appearances in Dick Tracy's Dilemma and Dick Tracy Vs. Cueball (a horrible film)...and especially forget the primary color extravaganza that Warren Beatty put out. Ralph Byrd does them both in...stolid, straight forward and eager for action.
I would rate this serial right up there with other great chapterplays, like The Adventures of Captain Marvel, The Masked Marvel and the like.