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The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
“The serial with a thousand punches.”
10.0 / 10• 1920• 20m•NR• English
ActionAdventureMysteryRomanceWestern
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jack Dempsey
Jack Derry
Lead
Lon Chaney
Royce Rivers
Josie Sedgwick
Glory Billings
Herschel Mayall
Leonard Billigns
AR
Albert R. Cody
Edgar Billings
RL
Ruth Langdon
Ninette
Edward Hearn
Cyril Dennison
CB
Clyde Benson
The Butler
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. W.S. Van Dyke's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Adventures of Daredevil Jack is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
