The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

20 mins | June 30, 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.

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

20 mins | June 30, 1920

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
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.
Producers Pathé Exchange, Robert Brunton Productions
Original title The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Directors W.S. Van Dyke
Writers Frederick Chapin, Jack Cunningham, W.S. Van Dyke, Harry O. Hoyt

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

S.E. Jennings

as Gang Member