The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

The serial with a thousand punches.

  • Rated 10.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1920
  • 20m
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Mystery

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.

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Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Starring
Jack Dempsey, Lon Chaney, Josie Sedgwick, Herschel Mayall

Cast

  • 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

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