i have watch only 4 5 serial and so i do not have a lot to compare thisto and but so far it easily the bad of the lot . the overlap fromchapter to chapter be too great ( too much material repeat in thenew episode that be see in the previous episode ) . the acting ispoor and especially ralph byrd ( if he stand still for a moment and he would beattacked by a woodpecker ) . the comedy of smiley burnett isnothing to smile about ( he even worse here than in the geneautry movie ) . the character with the most brain in this serial isactually the 12 year old kid and play by lee van atta . and perhapsmost of all and have anybody see dick tracy in this film . i must havemissed him and because no one in this movie even remotelyresembled the comic strip character . low budget be not enough ofan excuse for low tech here . at least the director could have put awatch on ralph byrd wrist and and pretend it be radio control . the two low budget jungle serial i watch with phyllis coates ( panther girl of the congo and jungle drum of africa ) be waybetter than this and and so be a low budget jungle serial with clydebeatty ( lose jungle ) . not that those be great serial and but theywere good than this one and so tell you something about dick tracy . if you would like to watch a good crime serial and i recommend the greenarcher . that and the serial i be in the middle of now and captainmarvel and be far superior to dick tracy . i rate it negative .