The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

Overview

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.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Top cast

Jack Dempsey

Jack Derry

Lon Chaney

Royce Rivers

Josie Sedgwick

Glory Billings

Herschel Mayall

Leonard Billigns

A

Albert R. Cody

Edgar Billings

R

Ruth Langdon

Ninette

Edward Hearn

Cyril Dennison

C

Clyde Benson

The Butler

Frank Lanning

MacManus, the Indian

Aggie Herring

Mrs. Corcoran

W

W.C. Robinson

Gang Member

A

Al Kaufman

Gang Member

S

S.E. Jennings

Gang Member

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Edgar Kennedy

Bull Montana

F

Fred Starr

Carl Stockdale

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