Dick Tracy (TV series) explained

Genre:	Crime
Starring:	Ralph Byrd
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	2
Num Episodes:	48
Producer:	PK Palmer
Runtime:	30 mins
Channel:	ABC

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Woolery . George W. . Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series . 1985 . The Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-1651-2 . 148–149.
2. Web site: The Dick Tracy TV Series 1950-52 - Dick Tracy Depot. dicktracy.info. 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. Book: Erickson . Hal . Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 . 2005 . 2nd . McFarland & Co . 978-1476665993 . 245–247.
6. Dick Tracy Comic Series on Video Today; Eddie Cantor Debuts 'Comedy Hour,' KNBHAmes, Walter. Los Angeles Times 24 Sep 1950: B6.