The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

Jan 5, 1943

4h 25m

★ 5.0

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

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Trailers

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Cast

'Smilin' Jack' Martin

Tom Brown

Janet Thompson

Marjorie Lord

Trudy Muller, aka Fraulein von Teufel

Rose Hobart

Captain Wing

Keye Luke

Tommy Thompson

Edgar Barrier

Mah Ling / Han Po, his double

Cyril Delevanti

Wu Tan

Philip Ahn

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

Turhan Bey

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

Sidney Toler

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

Jay Novello

Henchman Hito [Chs 1, 4, 12-13]

Rico De Montez

The Lo-San [Chs. 2-3, 12-13]

Nigel De Brulier

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