03 Aug 1919
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The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
The serial with a thousand punches.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Jack Dempsey Jack Derry
Lon Chaney Royce Rivers
Josie Sedgwick Glory Billings
Herschel Mayall Leonard Billigns
Albert R. Cody Edgar Billings
Ruth Langdon Ninette
Edward Hearn Cyril Dennison
Clyde Benson The Butler
Frank Lanning MacManus, the Indian
Aggie Herring Mrs. Corcoran
W.C. Robinson Gang Member
Al Kaufman Gang Member
S.E. Jennings Gang Member
Frank Coghlan Jr. 
Edgar Kennedy 
Bull Montana Fred Starr 
Carl Stockdale
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