Dick Tracy Returns

Dick Tracy Returns
Directed by	William Witney John English
Written by	Franklin Adreon Ronald Davidson Barry Shipman Sol Shor Rex taylor Chester Gould (comic strip)
Produced by	Robert M Beche
Starring	Ralph Byrd Lynne Roberts Charles Middleton Jerry Tucker David Sharpe Lee Ford
Cinematography	William Nobles
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	August 20, 1938 (1938-08-20) (U.S.)[1] July 17, 1948 (1948-07-17) (U.S. re-release)[1]
Running time	15 chapters / 254 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$156,991 (negative cost: $170,940)[1]

Dick Tracy Returns (1938) is a Republic Movie serial based on the Dick Tracy comic strip. It was the eleventh of the sixty-six serials Republic produced and a sequel to the 1937 serial Dick Tracy, with Ralph Byrd reprising his role as the title character. It was successful enough that two further sequels were released in 1939 and 1941, and Byrd become so connected with the character he went on to play him in a subsequent television series.

This serial charts Tracy's efforts to capture the gang of Pa Stark (Charles Middleton) and his five criminal sons....Champ, Trigger, Dude, The Kid and Slasher.