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Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc

Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.
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Directed by William Witney
John English
Produced by William J. O'Sullivan
Written by Ronald Davidson
Norman S. Hall
William Lively
Joseph O'Donnell
Joseph Poland
Chester Gould (comic strip)
Starring Ralph Byrd
Michael Owen
Jan Wiley
John Davidson
Ralph Morgan
Kenneth Harlan
John Dilson
Howard C. Hickman
Cinematography Reggie Lanning
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date
  • December 27, 1941 (1941-12-27) (U.S. serial)
  • October 8, 1952 (1952-10-08) (U.S. re-release)
Running time
15 chapters / 269 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $174,539 (negative cost: $175,919)

Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941) is a Republic Movie serial based on the Dick Tracy comic strip. It was directed by the team of William Witney and John English with Ralph Byrd reprising his role from the earlier serials. It was the last of the four Dick Tracy serials produced by Republic, although Ralph Byrd went on to portray the character again in two features and on television.

Dick Tracy and his allies find themselves up against a villain known as The Ghost, with the impossible ability of becoming invisible...

Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. cost $175,919 (a $1,380 overspend).

It was filmed between 17 September and 24 October 1941 under the working titles Dick Tracy Strikes Again and Dick Tracy's Revenge. The serial's production number was 1097.

The scenes of giant waves hitting New York were recycled from the RKO Pictures film Deluge.

Most of the cliffhangers were stock footage from previous Dick Tracy serials. However, the reuse of the highlights of previous Dick Tracy serials actually added to this serial, making it seem like a "best of" compilation.

Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.'s official release date is 27 December 1941, during Christmas week 1941, although this is actually the date the seventh chapter was made available to film exchange]s.

The serial was re-released on 8 October 1952, under the title Dick Tracy vs. Phantom Empire, between the first runs of Zombies of the Stratosphere and Jungle Drums of Africa.

Cline states that the Dick Tracy serials were "unexcelled in the action field," adding that "in any listing of serials released after 1930, the four Dick Tracy adventures from Republic must stand out as classics of the suspense detective thrillers, and the models for many others to follow." He goes on to describe Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. as one of the most outstanding of all serials.


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