The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

From Newspaper and Radio to the SCREEN...comes the Greatest OF ALL ADVENTURE THRILLS!

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.

1943

Action·Adventure

4h 25min

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Top Billed Cast

Tom Brown
'Smilin' Jack' Martin
Marjorie Lord
Janet Thompson
Rose Hobart
Trudy Muller, aka Fraulein von Teufel
Keye Luke
Captain Wing
Edgar Barrier
Tommy Thompson
Cyril Delevanti
Mah Ling / Han Po, his double
Philip Ahn
Wu Tan
Turhan Bey
Kageyama [Chs. 1-5, 12-13]
Sidney Toler
General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]
Jay Novello
Kushimi, infiltrator [Chs. 1-3, 12-13]
Rico De Montez
Henchman Hito [Chs 1, 4, 12-13]
Nigel De Brulier
The Lo-San [Chs. 2-3, 12-13]
Edward Keane
Hon. George Hill [Chs. 8-12]
William Forrest
Secretary of Internal Affairs [Chs. 8-12]
Jack Gardner
Captain Yoshido [Chs. 1-3]
Terry Grey
Shuma, pilot [Chs. 1-3]
Stanley Blystone
Capt. Hardigan [Chs. 5-6]
Herbert Heyes
Sir Cedric [Chs. 5-7]
James Craven
Commissioner Robert George Hardy [Chs. 5-7]
Alex Havier
Sanson, phoney waiter [Chs. 6-7]

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