Dick Tracy's G-Men

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Dick Tracy's G-Men
Directed by	William Witney John English
Produced by	Robert M Beche
Written by	Franklin Adreon Ronald Davidson Barry Shipman Sol Shor Chester Gould (comic strip)
Starring	Ralph Byrd Irving Pichel Ted Pearson Phyllis Isley Walter Miller George Douglas
Cinematography	William Nobles
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date(s)	1939
Running time	15 chapters (270 min)
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Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939) is a 15-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Ralph Byrd based on the Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould. It was directed by William Witney and John English.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Chapter titles 4 Trivia 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Plot

Zarnoff, foreign spy and mad scientist, escapes from the gas chamber and swears vengeance against the man who put him there, Dick Tracy, who must chase him down again in return.

[edit] Cast

Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy
Irving Pichel as Nicolas Zarnoff
Ted Pearson as Agent Steve Lockwood
Phyllis Isley as Gwen Andrews
Walter Miller as Henchman Robal
George Douglas as Henchman Sandoval

[edit] Chapter titles

1. The Master Spy
2. Captured
3. The False Signal
4. The Enemy Strikes
5. Crack-Up!
6. Sunken Peril
7. Tracking the Enemy
8. Chamber of Doom
9. Flames of Jeopardy
10. Crackling Fury
11. Caverns of Peril
12. Fight in the Sky
13. The Fatal Ride -- Re-Cap Chapter
14. Getaway
15. The Last Stand

[edit] Trivia

• "G-Man" is a contemporary slang term for an agent of the FBI. In the comic strip Dick Tracy is actually a detective in the police force of an unnamed Midwestern city resembling Chicago.
• This serial, like all the sequels to the 1937 original Dick Tracy serial, was permitted by an interpretation of the original contract, which allowed a "series or serial". Therefore, Chester Gould was not paid again for the right to produce this serial.^[1]
• Phyllis (Gwen Andrews) Isley went on to win an Academy Award for best actress four years later in 1943 for The Song of Bernadette, under the screen name Jennifer Jones.

[edit] See also

• Dick Tracy - Main Article
• Dick Tracy - Earlier Serial (1937)
• Dick Tracy Returns - Earlier Serial (1938)
• Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc - Sequel Serial (1941)

[edit] References

• Dick Tracy's G-Men at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] External links

• Dick Tracy's G-Men at the Internet Movie Database
• Dick Tracy Article at Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture
• The Serial Squadron

Preceded by Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)	Republic Serial Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)	Succeeded by Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
Preceded by Dick Tracy Returns (1938)	Dick Tracy Serial Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)	Succeeded by Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc (1941)