The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)
ActionAdventureMysteryRomanceWestern
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.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
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Jack Dempsey as Jack Derry |
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Lon Chaney as Royce Rivers |
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Josie Sedgwick as Glory Billings |
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Herschel Mayall as Leonard Billigns |
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Albert R. Cody as Edgar Billings |
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Ruth Langdon as Ninette |
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Edward Hearn as Cyril Dennison |
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Clyde Benson as The Butler |
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Frank Lanning as MacManus, the Indian |
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Aggie Herring as Mrs. Corcoran |
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W.C. Robinson as Gang Member |
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Al Kaufman as Gang Member |
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S.E. Jennings as Gang Member |
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Frank Coghlan Jr. as |
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Edgar Kennedy as |
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Bull Montana as |
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Fred Starr as |
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Carl Stockdale as |
| Writing | Harry O. Hoyt | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Frederick Chapin | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | W.S. Van Dyke | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Jack Cunningham | Story |
| Camera | Gus Peterson | Director of Photography |
| Directing | W.S. Van Dyke | Director |
| Editing | Hal C. Kern | Editor |
| Production | Robert Brunton | Producer |
