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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!

1943•4h 25m•5.0/10
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5.0/10(2)

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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Production

Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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]

Rico De Montez

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

Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier

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

Edward Keane

Edward Keane

Hon. George Hill [Chs. 8-12]

William Forrest

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

Stanley Blystone

Capt. Hardigan [Chs. 5-6]

Herbert Heyes

Herbert Heyes

Sir Cedric [Chs. 5-7]

James Craven

James Craven

Commissioner Robert George Hardy [Chs. 5-7]

Alex Havier

Alex Havier

Sanson, phoney waiter [Chs. 6-7]

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