Dick Tracy (TV series)

*Dick Tracy*
Dick Tracy
Genre	Crime
Starring	Ralph Byrd
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	48
Production
Producer	PK Palmer
Running time	30 mins
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 11, 1950 –; April 7, 1951

Dick Tracy is an American TV series based on the detective comic strip Dick Tracy. The show aired on ABC from September 11, 1950 to April 7, 1951.^[1] It starred Ralph Byrd.^[2]^[3]^[4]

An animated series, The Dick Tracy Show, aired in syndication in 1961.^[5]

Plot

Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem will have confrontation against any gangsters.

Cast

The cast included:^[1]

Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy
Joe Devlin as Sam Catchem
Angela Greene as Tess Trueheart
Dick Elliott as Officer Murphy
Pierre Watkin as Police Chief Pat Patton
Thurston Hall as Diet Smith
Florence Bates as Miss Frothingham
Lyle Talbot as the Brain
Jo-Carroll Dennison as Breathless Mahoney

Production

It was shot at the Sam Goldwyn Studios in Los Angeles.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
^ "The Dick Tracy TV Series 1950-52 - Dick Tracy Depot". dicktracy.info. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
^ DETECTIVE ACE DICK TRACY TO APPEAR ON TV: Series Opens in Fall with N. Y. Actor as Star, Wolters, Larry. Chicago Daily Tribune 24 July 1950: a4.
^ TV FILM RIGHTS ON 'DICK TRACY' GO TO WGN-TV Chicago Daily Tribune 17 Nov 1951: c4.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 245–247. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Dick Tracy Comic Series on Video Today; Eddie Cantor Debuts 'Comedy Hour,' KNBH Ames, Walter. Los Angeles Times 24 Sep 1950: B6.

External links

Dick Tracy at IMDb

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[Woolery-1] Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

[dicktracy-2] "The Dick Tracy TV Series 1950-52 - Dick Tracy Depot". dicktracy.info. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

[3] DETECTIVE ACE DICK TRACY TO APPEAR ON TV: Series Opens in Fall with N. Y. Actor as Star, Wolters, Larry. Chicago Daily Tribune 24 July 1950: a4.

[4] TV FILM RIGHTS ON 'DICK TRACY' GO TO WGN-TV Chicago Daily Tribune 17 Nov 1951: c4.

[5] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 245–247. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[6] Dick Tracy Comic Series on Video Today; Eddie Cantor Debuts 'Comedy Hour,' KNBH Ames, Walter. Los Angeles Times 24 Sep 1950: B6.

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