

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920 Directed by W.S. Van DykeHeavyweight 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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Jack Dempsey
....................................................Jack Derry

Lon Chaney
....................................................Royce Rivers

Josie Sedgwick
....................................................Glory Billings

Herschel Mayall
....................................................Leonard Billigns
Albert R. Cody
....................................................Edgar Billings
Ruth Langdon
....................................................Ninette

Edward Hearn
....................................................Cyril Dennison
Director
...........................................................W.S. Van Dyke
Producer
...........................................................Robert Brunton
Story
...........................................................Jack Cunningham
Scenario Writer
...........................................................Frederick Chapin
Harry O. Hoyt
W.S. Van Dyke
Director of Photography
...........................................................Gus Peterson
Production Companies
...................................................Robert Brunton Productions
Pathé Exchange
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................Genres
....................................................Action
Adventure
Mystery
Romance
Western
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