05 Jan 1943
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
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.
The Flaming Disk
The Giant of Films, in a Marvelous Double Part in Universal's Newest Serial Wonder
Criminals steal a death ray that concentrates the rays of the sun. The inventor's daughter and a government agent try to retrieve it. 18 episode adventure serial.
Top Billed Cast
Elmo Lincoln Elmo Gray / Jim Gray
Louise Lorraine Helen Wade
Monte Montague Batt Hogan
Lee Kohlmar Professor Robert Wade
George B. Williams Stanley W. Barrows
Jenks Harris Con Dawson
Roy Watson Rodney Stanton
Fay Holderness Stella Dean
Bob Reeves
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