While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top’s co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he’s received.

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess…

Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply.

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently…

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can…

A French PR man and his girlfriend steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists, prompting murder.

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can’t find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John…

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip’s wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first…

The Los Angeles police know that Pete Ritchie has been bringing drugs into the city, but they can’t pin a single piece of evidence on him. After many botched attempts…

A con artist falls for the rich widow he’s trying to fleece.

A gentlemanly detective known as The Falcon calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.