The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)
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.
- Released
- 1920-06-30
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Mystery, Romance, Western
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- W.S. Van Dyke
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 from 1 votes
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
- Edward Hearn as Cyril Dennison
- Clyde Benson as The Butler
- Frank Lanning as MacManus, the Indian
- Aggie Herring as Mrs. Corcoran
- W.C. Robinson as Gang Member
- Al Kaufman as Gang Member