CinemaOSMovie · 1920 · 0h 20m

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

The serial with a thousand punches.

100%(1)IMDbActionAdventureMysteryRomanceWestern

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.

Directed byW.S. Van Dyke

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 20m
Language
EN
Released
June 30, 1920
Studios
Robert Brunton ProductionsPathé Exchange

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Jack Derry

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Royce Rivers

Josie Sedgwick

Josie Sedgwick

Glory Billings

Herschel Mayall

Herschel Mayall

Leonard Billigns

Albert R. Cody

Edgar Billings

Ruth Langdon

Ninette

Edward Hearn

Edward Hearn

Cyril Dennison

Clyde Benson

The Butler

Frank Lanning

Frank Lanning

MacManus, the Indian

Aggie Herring

Aggie Herring

Mrs. Corcoran

Creative team
Directed by
W.S. Van Dyke
W.S. Van Dyke
Written by
Jack Cunningham
Produced by
Robert Brunton

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