The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
From Newspaper and Radio to the SCREEN...comes the Greatest OF ALL ADVENTURE THRILLS!
1943 · 4h 25m · Approved
Action, Adventure
Directed by
Lewis D. Collins
,
Ray Taylor
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The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
Overview
A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.
Director and cast
- Lewis D. Collins Director
- Ray Taylor Director
- Tom Brown as 'Smilin' Jack' Martin
- Marjorie Lord as Janet Thompson
- Rose Hobart as Trudy Muller, aka Fraulein von Teufel
- Keye Luke as Captain Wing
- Edgar Barrier as Tommy Thompson
- Cyril Delevanti as Mah Ling / Han Po, his double
- Philip Ahn as Wu Tan
- Turhan Bey as Kageyama [Chs. 1-5, 12-13]
- Sidney Toler as General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]
- Jay Novello as Kushimi, infiltrator [Chs. 1-3, 12-13]
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