Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

På maj 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). Det var välkomna nyheter för fans av serien, även om Chester Gould var ett anmärkningsvärt undantag. Gould skapade Tracy tecknet för komiska sidan av Detroit Mirror. Efter Chicago Tribune plockade upp komikern för syndikering, Det popularitet exploderade.

Gould preferred Morgan Conway, who played Dick Tracy in the first two films for RKO Pictures. Dick Tracy (1945) och Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) were not unprofitable but fans of the franchise wanted Ralph Byrd back in the role. Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials for Republic Pictures between 1937 och 1941.

I Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (affiliate länk), Inspector Tracy is pursuing a group of fur thieves led by “The Claw”. Besides trying to find “The Claw” and protect the one witness to the crime, Dick Tracy must also find the crime lord that is using “The Claw” as his henchman.

Ralph Byrd would play Dick Tracy in the last film in the series, Dick Tracy vs. Gruesome (1947), which starred Boris Karloff as Gruesome. Dick Tracy moved to television in 1950 with Ralph Byrd playing Inspector Tracy for 48 episodes between 1950 och 1952. The series ended with Ralph Byrd’s untimely death from a heart attack on August 18, 1952. Byrd was only 43 år gammal.

The films and serials are all in the public domain today. The film runs approximately 60 minuter långa. All of the films are entertaining and worth watching.

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