Daredevil Jack
| Daredevil Jack | |
|---|---|
 Ad for film serial | |
| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Produced by | Robert Brunton |
| Written by |
Frederick Chapin Jack Cunningham Harry O. Hoyt W. S. Van Dyke |
| Starring |
Jack Dempsey Josie Sedgwick Lon Chaney |
| Distributed by |
Pathé Exchange Astra Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 15 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Daredevil Jack is a 1920 American action film serial directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. An incomplete copy of the film is housed in the UCLA Film & Television Archive film archive.[1] The supporting cast features Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy and Bull Montana. This was the first of 23 films, many of them short subjects, in which iconic boxer Dempsey appeared, usually as the top-billed leading man.
Cast
- Jack Dempsey as Jack Derry
- Josie Sedgwick as Glory Billings
- Herschel Mayall as Leonard Billigns
- Albert R. Cody as Edgar Billings
- Ruth Langdon as Ninette (as Ruth Langston)
- 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 (as Spike Robinson)
- Al Kaufman as Gang Member
- S.E. Jennings as Gang Member
- Lon Chaney as Royce Rivers
- Frank Coghlan Jr. (as Junior Coghlan)
- Edgar Kennedy
- Bull Montana
- Fred Starr (as Frederick Starr)
- Carl Stockdale
References
- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Daredevil Jack". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
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