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The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

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

19435.04h 25mNR

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.

Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Written by Morgan Cox
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Top Cast

Tom Brown

Tom Brown

'Smilin' Jack' Martin

Marjorie Lord

Marjorie Lord

Janet Thompson

Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart

Trudy Muller, aka Fraulein von Teufel

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Captain Wing

Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier

Tommy Thompson

Cyril Delevanti

Cyril Delevanti

Mah Ling / Han Po, his double

Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

Wu Tan

Turhan Bey

Turhan Bey

Kageyama [Chs. 1-5, 12-13]

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]

Jay Novello

Jay Novello

Kushimi, infiltrator [Chs. 1-3, 12-13]

Themes & Keywords

movie serial

About The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack is a action, adventure film released in 1943 exploring themes of movie serial. Directed by Lewis D. Collins, it stars Tom Brown, Marjorie Lord, Rose Hobart. 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.

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