The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (serial)

Infobox Film
name = The Adventures of Smilin' Jack


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director = Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
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distributor = Universal Pictures
released = 1943
runtime = 13 chapters (265 min)
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language = English
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amg_id = 1:72275
imdb_id = 0035611

"The Adventures of Smilin' Jack" (1943) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip The Adventures of Smilin' Jack.

Cast

* Tom Brown as 'Smilin' Jack' Martin
* Rose Hobart as Gertrude Muller, alias Fräulein von Teufel
* Edgar Barrier as Tommy Thompson
* Marjorie Lord as Janet Thompson
* Keye Luke as Capt. Wing
* Sidney Toler as Gen. Kai Ling
* Cyril Delevanti as Mah Ling/Han Po (his doppelganger)
* Philip Ahn as Wu Tan
* Nigel De Brulier as The Lo-San
* Turhan Beyas as Kageyama
* David Hoffman as John (Johann) O. Blenker, a Nazi spy
* Rico De Montezas as Hito, Japanese hitman
* Jay Novello as Kushimi

Production

The serial was based on the comic strip by Zack Moseley but it was not in the spirit of the strip as would normally be expected from a Universal production. Very little of the original comic strip was used and a new character, Tommy Thompson, was created by Universal. The similarity to Tommy Tomkins, of the Tailspin Tommy stories, may imply a crossover of sorts. Cline suggests that it was "a quick attempt to get a story on screen about a topical subject, and could have had almost any flyer with any name as a hero.” [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 19
chapter = 2. In Search of Ammunition ] [cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 151
chapter = 7. The Aviators "Land That Plane at Once, You Crazy Fool" ]

Chapter titles

# The High Road to Doom
# The Rising Sun Strikes
# Attacked by Bombers
# Knives of Vengeance
# A Watery Grave
# Escape by Clipper
# Fifteen Fathoms Below
# Treachery at Sea
# The Bridge of Peril
# Blackout in the Islands
# Held for Treason
# The Torture Fire Test
# Sinking the Rising Sun_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 234
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0035611|title=The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
*amg title|id=1:72275|title=The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

Download or view online

* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Adventures%20of%20Smilin%27%20Jack Complete serial at The Internet Archive]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_1 Chapter 1]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 2]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 3]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 4]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 5]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 6]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 7]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 8]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 9]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 10]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_2 Chapter 11]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/Adventures_of_Smilin_Jack_-_Chapter_12 Chapter 12]

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title=Universal Serial
before=Overland Mail (1942)
years=The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
after=Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943)