Jack Armstrong(1947)
RADIO'S ALL-AMERICAN BOY LEAPS INTO AN ALL-THRILL, ALL-TIME HIGH IN SERIAL ADVENTURE!
15 episode serial where Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, battles the evil Dr. Grood, who has placed a death ray aboard his spaceship orbiting Earth.
Movie: Jack Armstrong
Top 9 Billed Cast
Jack Armstrong
Betty Fairfield
Princess Alura [Chs. 3-6, 9-11, 15]
Billy Fairfield (as Joe Brown)
Uncle Jim Fairfield
Prof. Hobart Zorn
Henchman Blair
Henchman Slade
Vic Hardy
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