Movie: The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

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Jack Dempsey
Jack Dempsey

Jack Derry

Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney

Royce Rivers

Josie Sedgwick
Josie Sedgwick

Glory Billings

Herschel Mayall
Herschel Mayall

Leonard Billigns

Albert R. Cody
Albert R. Cody

Edgar Billings

Ruth Langdon
Ruth Langdon

Ninette

Edward Hearn
Edward Hearn

Cyril Dennison

Clyde Benson
Clyde Benson

The Butler

Frank Lanning
Frank Lanning

MacManus, the Indian

Aggie Herring
Aggie Herring

Mrs. Corcoran

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    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.

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    1920-06-30

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    The serial with a thousand punches.

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