Carry On Dick apparently successful in wiping out crime and lawlessness – using all manner of traps and tricks to round the criminals up. However their main target is the notorious Richard "Big Dick" Turpin (Sid James), a highwayman who has evaded capture and succeeded in even robbing Sir Roger and his prim wife (Margaret Nolan) of their money and clothing. After this humiliation, Turpin becomes the Bow Street Runners' most wanted man, and thus Captain Fancey is assigned to go undercover and catch the famous Dick Turpin and bring him to justice. The Bow Street Runners nearly succeed in apprehending Turpin and
Dick Tracy Returns that "in any listing of serials released after 1930, the four "Dick Tracy" adventures from Republic must stand out as classics of the suspense detective thrillers, and the models for many others to follow." "Note: This was one of two 15-chapter Republic serials of 1938 (with "The Lone Ranger"). The other two were only 12 chapters long." Dick Tracy Returns 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