Dick Tracy (1937)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Feb 20, 1937

Runtime : 4h 50m

Genre : Crime  Action  Comedy  Thriller  

Companies : Republic Pictures

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : cigarette, deception, based on comic, double cross, movie serial, damsel in distress