Dick Tracy (1937) — action, comedy, crime film. Directed by Ray Taylor, Alan James. Starring Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta. This page maps 5 characters and 4 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A detective battles a masked crime boss who uses advanced technology and psychological manipulation to turn the hero's brother against him.
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller · 5.2/10 · 290 min · 1937
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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