Dick Tracy (serial)
| Dick Tracy | |
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| Directed by | Alan James Ray Taylor |
| Written by | Morgan B. Cox George Morgan Barry Shipman Winston Miller Chester Gould (comic strip) |
| Produced by | Nat Levine J. Laurence Wickland (Associate) |
| Starring | Ralph Byrd Kay Hughes Smiley Burnette Lee Van Atta John Picorri Carleton Young Fred Hamilton Francis X. Bushman Byron Foulger |
| Cinematography | William Nobles Edgar Lyons |
| Edited by | Helene Turner Edward Todd William Witney |
| Music by | Harry Grey |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 15 chapters / 290 minutes (serial) 73 minutes (feature) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $112,334 (negative cost: $127,640) |
Dick Tracy (1937) is a 15-chapter Republic movie serial starring Ralph Byrd based on the Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould. It was directed by Alan James and Ray Taylor.
There were three sequels to this serial: Dick Tracy Returns (1938), Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939), and Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941).