Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

Dec 27, 1941

4h 23m

★ 5.7

DICK TRACY'S CHALLENGE! America's greatest detective hurls defiance into the shadows of the Underworld in his search for murderous criminals who threaten New York's destruction.

Overview

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. Trailers

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Cast

Dick Tracy

Ralph Byrd

Billy Carr

Michael Owen

June 'Eve' Chandler

Jan Wiley

Lucifer

John Davidson

J.P. Morton

Ralph Morgan

Police Lt. Cosgrove

Kenneth Harlan

Henry Weldon

John Dilson

Stephen Chandler

Howard Hickman

Daniel Brewster

Robert Frazer

Walter Cabot

Robert Fiske

Jim Wilson

Jack Mulhall

Arthur Trent

Hooper Atchley

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