Dick Tracy
Subtitle: complete serial collection
By: produced by Republic Pictures
Contributors: James, Alan, 1890-1952, director; Witney, William, 1915-2002, director; English, John, 1903-1969, director; Byrd, Ralph, 1909-1952, actor; Hughes, Kay, actor; Burnette, Smiley, 1911-1967, actor; Bushman, Francis X., 1883-1966, actor; Roberts, Lynne, 1919-1978, actor; Middleton, Charles B., 1879-1949, actor; Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009, actor; Pichel, Irving, 1891-1954, actor; Owen, Michael, actor; Wiley, Jan, 1916-1993, actor; Morgan, Ralph, 1883-1956, actor; Gould, Chester; Republic Pictures Corporation; VCI Entertainment (Firm)
Edition: Full screen.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 1070
ISBN-13: 9781557396020
Subjects: Drama
Other titles: Dick Tracy returns.; Dick Tracy's G-Men.; Dick Tracy vs Crime.; Dick Tracy versus Crime.
Description: DICK TRACY: Dick faces a series of cunning criminals. DICK TRACY RETURNS: Pa Stark and his five criminal sons are holding America in a grip of terror. It is up to Dick Tracy and his G-Men to bring the ruthless Starks to justice. DICK TRACY'S G-MEN: Nicholas Zarnoff, master spy and the most hated man on Earth, is sentenced to die in the gas chamber. By using a secret drug which does not permit the gas to enter his lungs, Zarnoff cheats death and escapes. Dick Tracy, the government's ace investigator, is assigned the task of tracking down Zarnoff and bringing him to justice. DICK TRACY VS CRIME, INC.: Dick Tracy battles the Ghost, a fiendish master criminal who has the ability to make himself invisible. One of the Ghost's less savory ambitions is to wipe out New York City with a gigantic tidal wave.
Notes: Title from container.

Based on the cartoon strip Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould.

Includes all 60 episodes on 8 DVDs.

Special features: introduction by Max Allan Collins (writer of the comic strip for 15 years after Chester Gould's retirement) ; commentary by Max Allan Collins ; photo gallery ; "Dick Tracy in B-Flat", a special Armed Forces radio program broadcast in 1945. featuring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and others ; rare episode from the 1950 TV series.

Dick Tracy: Director, Ray Taylor and Alan James ; producer, Nat Levine ; screenplay, Barry Shipman and Winston Miller.

Dick Tracy returns: Directed by William Witney & John English.

Dick Tracy's G-Men: Directed by William Witney & John English.

Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc.: Directed by William Witney & John English.

Dick Tracy: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta, John Picorri, Carleton Young, Fred Hamilton, Francis X Bushman, Edwin Stanley.

Dick Tracy returns: Ralph Byrd, Lynne Roberts, Charles Middleton.

Dick Tracy's G-Men: Ralph Byrd, Jennifer Jones, Irving Pichel.

Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc.: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, Ralph Morgan.

Not rated.

DVD, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Table of contents: title: Dick Tracy -- (290 min., 1937); title: Dick Tracy returns -- (254 min., 1938); title: Dick Tracy's G-Men -- (263 min., 1939); title: Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc.-- (263 min., 1941).