Dick Tracy (serial)

Dick Tracy
Directed byAlan James
Ray Taylor
Written byMorgan B. Cox
George Morgan
Barry Shipman
Winston Miller
Chester Gould (comic strip)
Produced byNat Levine
J. Laurence Wickland (Associate)
StarringRalph Byrd
Kay Hughes
Smiley Burnette
Lee Van Atta
John Picorri
Carleton Young
Fred Hamilton
Francis X. Bushman
CinematographyWilliam Nobles
Edgar Lyons
Edited byHelene Turner
Edward Todd
William Witney
Music byHarry Grey
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release dates
  • February 20, 1937 (1937-02-20) (U.S. serial)[1]
  • December 27, 1937 (1937-12-27) (U.S. feature)[1]
Running time
15 chapters / 290 minutes (serial)[1]
73 minutes (feature)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$112,334 (negative cost: $127,640)[1]
Dick Tracy, Chapter 1: The Spider Strikes

Dick Tracy (1937) is a 15-chapter Republic movie serial starring Ralph Byrd based on the Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould.[2] It was directed by Alan James and Ray Taylor.

  1. ^ a b c d e Mathis, Jack (1995). Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement. Jack Mathis Advertising. pp. 3, 10, 20–21. ISBN 0-9632878-1-8.
  2. ^ Kinnard, Roy (1998). Science Fiction Serials: A Critical Filmography of the 31 Hard SF Cliffhangers. McFarland & Co. p. 48. ISBN 978-0786437450.