The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

Overview

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

Cast

Jack Dempsey

Jack Derry

Lon Chaney

Royce Rivers

Josie Sedgwick

Glory Billings

Herschel Mayall

Leonard Billigns

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Albert R. Cody

Edgar Billings

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Ruth Langdon

Ninette

Edward Hearn

Cyril Dennison

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Clyde Benson

The Butler

Frank Lanning

MacManus, the Indian

Aggie Herring

Mrs. Corcoran