The Dick Tracy movies in order
There are 8 Dick Tracy films, about 22.6 hours in total. The first was released in 1937, the latest in 1947. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
- 1
Dick Tracy (1937)
20 Feb 1937 · 290 min
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operati
- 2
Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
19 Aug 1938 · 254 min
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
- 3
Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
2 Sep 1939 · 302 min
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
- 4
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
27 Dec 1941 · 263 min
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
- 5
Dick Tracy (1945)
1 Dec 1945 · 61 min
Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces. Suspects abound but Tracy, getting a clue that there will be 15 murders in all, must find the common thread among the victims before more are killed.
- 6
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
22 Nov 1946 · 62 min
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
- 7
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
20 May 1947 · 60 min
Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
- 8
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
26 Sep 1947 · 65 min
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attra
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.