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The Cruise of the Jasper B
7.2 / 10• 1926• 1h 2m•NR• English
RomanceComedy
Storyline
The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday-- otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.
Cast & Crew
Rod La Rocque
Jerry Cleggett
Lead
Mildred Harris
Agatha Fairhaven
Snitz Edwards
Reginald Maltravers
Jack Ackroyd
Wiggins
Otto Lederer
Auctioneer
JT
James T. Mack
Assistant Auctioneer
Tiny Sandford
Big Mover
Billy Engle
Little Mover
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James W. Horne's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Cruise of the Jasper B is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
