Dick Tracy was a 15-part film serial. In it, heroic Federal Bureau of Investigation G-man Dick Tracy squares off against a strange villain called The Spider (and The Lame One). This is the first of four film serials adapting the Dick Tracy story.

Listen to Áine and Kevin investigate how this one stacks up to the other serials, different Dick Tracy adaptations, and blandness.

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