Action ·Adventure ·Mystery ·Romance ·Western · United States of America · 1920 · 20m

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

Director

Cast

Jack Dempsey as Jack Derry Lon Chaney as Royce Rivers Josie Sedgwick as Glory Billings Herschel Mayall as Leonard Billigns Albert R. Cody as Edgar Billings Ruth Langdon as Ninette

Crew

Gus Peterson — Director of Photography Hal C. Kern — Editor Jack Cunningham — Story Robert Brunton — Producer

Tagline

The serial with a thousand punches.

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

movie serial partially lost film

Key Collaborators

W.S. Van Dyke Director Gus Peterson Director of Photography Hal C. Kern Editor Jack Cunningham Story Robert Brunton Producer

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