Dick Tracy Radio Show

First Episode: 1934 (Exact Date Unknown)

Last Episode: July 16, 1948

Number of Episodes: Unknown

Network: NBC (1934), CBS (2/4/35 to 7/11/35), Mutual (9/30/35 to 3/24/37), NBC (1/3/38 to 4/28/39), ABC (3/15/43 to 7/16/48)

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Series Creator: Chester Gould

Cast Members: Bob Burlen (Dick Tracy #1), Barry Thompson (Dick Tracy #2), Ned Wever (Dick Tracy #3), Matt Crowley (Dick Tracy #4), Walter Kinsella (Pat Patton), Helen Lewis (Tess Trueheart), Andy Donnelly (Junior Tracy), Jackie Kelk (Junior Tracy)

Producer: Unknown

Director: Mitchell Grayson, Charles Powers, Bob White

Announcers: Ed Herlihy, Dan Seymour

Sound Effects: Bill McClintock (9/30/35 to 3/24/37), Keene Crockett (1/3/38 to 4/28/39), Al Finelli (3/15/43 to 7/16/48), Walt McDonough (3/15/43 to 7/16/48)

Music: Unknown

Writers: Unknown

Sponsor: Sterling Products (2/4/35 to 7/11/35), Quaker Oats (1/3/38 to 4/28/39), Tootsie Rolls (3/15/43 to 7/16/48)

Typical Episode Length: All dates were 15 minutes except for 30 minute shows from 4/29/39 9/30/39 and 10/6/45 to 6/1/46

Dick Tracy appeared for the first time on October 4, 1931 as a comic strip in the Chicago Tribune and the Tribune's associate newspapers. Tracy was tough, typically capturing the villans by shooting them, but he was also one of the first to use advanced crime-fighting techniques and tools to solve crimes. The most well-known of these was Dick Tracy's "two-way wrist radio". In the early 1960s comic strips, Tracy even found himself on the Moon learning futuristic crime-fighting technology from the Moon people he met there.

The bad guys Tracy pursued were the worst of the worst! They often had faces that were disfigured in some way to make them seem even more sinister. During the 1940s, they were often Nazis, traitors, or spies. Audiences never found it difficult to hate those guys!

Dick Tracy also appeared in film serials, comic books, a TV series, two animated TV series, and an unsold pilot that never aired. There is currently a legal fight going on over who owns the rights to Dick Tracy. Warren Beatty wants to make a sequel to his 1990 film and believes that he owns the rights. A group of TV producers want to produce a new TV series and they feel they own the rights.

Listen online to a Dick Tracy Radio Show episode by clicking on a link below:

The Black Pearl Of Osiris - February 8, 1938 - 15 Minutes

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