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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941

Plot Summary
A master criminal known as The Ghost, who is able to become invisible when his assistant Lucifer aims a beam of light at a medallion he wears, is responsible for a massive crime wave, and desperate government officials assign Dick Tracy to investigate. With his assistants Billy Carr and June Chandler, Tracy immediately goess to work tracking down The Ghost and interferring with his criminal activities at every turn.

Number of Chapters: 15 Chapters

Studio:Republic

Color:b/w
Chapter Titles
1)The Fatal Hour
2) The Prisoner Vanishes
3) Doom Patrol
4) Dead Man's Trap
5) Murder at Sea
6) Besieged
7) Sea Racketeers
8) Train of Doom
9) Beheaded
10) Flaming Peril
11) Seconds to Live
12) Trial by Fire
13) The Challenge
14) Invisible terror
15) Retribution


Credits
Director:William Witney, John English
Producer:W. J. O'Sulivan
Screenwriter:Ronald Davidson, Normal S. Hall, Wiliam Lively, Joseph O'Donnell, Joseph Poland

Cast
Dick TracyRalph Byrd
Billy CarrMichael Owen
June ChandlerJan Wiley
LuciferJohn Davidson
MortonRalph Morgan
Lt. CosgroveKenneth Harlan
WeldenJohn Dilson
ChandlerHoward Hickman
BrewsterRobert Frazer
CabotRobert Fiske







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