The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)

(0) based on 0 votes
Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.
Directors
Release Date
Jun 30, 1920
Runtime
00h 20m

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.

Movies like The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

Flash Gordon

Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
Search similar movies
6.4
Flash+Gordon
Flash Gordon

1936

Search similar movies
The Scarlet Horseman

Government agents work to interfere with schemes to trick the Comanches into war with the Texans.
Search similar movies
The+Scarlet+Horseman
The Scarlet Horseman

1946

Search similar movies
The Master Key

Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi sympathizers plot to undermine America.
Search similar movies
The+Master+Key
The Master Key

1945

Search similar movies
Mystery of the Riverboat

A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.
Search similar movies
6.0
Mystery+of+the+Riverboat
Mystery of the Riverboat

1944

Search similar movies
The King of the Kongo

A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.
Search similar movies
7.0
The+King+of+the+Kongo
The King of the Kongo

1929

Search similar movies
The Phantom Rider

A new town doctor arrives at the same time as local Indians needprotection from troublemaking looters.
Search similar movies
6.0
The+Phantom+Rider
The Phantom Rider

1946

Search similar movies
Spy Smasher

Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.
Search similar movies
5.8
Spy+Smasher
Spy Smasher

1942

Search similar movies
Jungle Queen

A young girl journeys to Africa to find her father, an explorer who vanished in the jungle.
Search similar movies
5.0
Jungle+Queen
Jungle Queen

1945

Search similar movies
Federal Operator 99

Jerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of escaped crime boss Jim Belmont.
Search similar movies
6.0
Federal+Operator+99
Federal Operator 99

1945

Search similar movies
Hawk of the Wilderness

An expedition arrives on an uncharted jungle island to rescue the local natives, led by a jungle boy, from a volcano that is about to erupt.
Search similar movies
7.0
Hawk+of+the+Wilderness
Hawk of the Wilderness

1938

Search similar movies
Daredevils of the Red Circle

Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.
Search similar movies
5.5
Daredevils+of+the+Red+Circle
Daredevils of the Red Circle

1939

Search similar movies
Flying Disc Man from Mars

Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which has become too dangerous); opposing his authority is Kent Fowler, who resists the alien plot, without understanding its details.
Search similar movies
4.8
Flying+Disc+Man+from+Mars
Flying Disc Man from Mars

1950

Search similar movies
Winners of the West

Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a variety of schemes to prevent the railroad from being built, for fear it will finish his control of (what he considers) his land.
Search similar movies
Winners+of+the+West
Winners of the West

1940

Search similar movies
Overland with Kit Carson

When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the government sends Kit Carson and David Brent to straighten things out.
Search similar movies
0.5
Overland+with+Kit+Carson
Overland with Kit Carson

1939

Search similar movies
Beatrice Fairfax

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel thievery, disguise, counterfeiting, and the long-unseen episode featuring entrancing cult starlet Olive Thomas and the real New York Yankees and Giants playing a game in the Polo Grounds.
Search similar movies
5.0
Beatrice+Fairfax
Beatrice Fairfax

1916

Search similar movies
Sea Raiders

A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Search similar movies
6.0
Sea+Raiders
Sea Raiders

1941

Search similar movies
The Monster and the Ape

A famous scientist invents a humanoid robot (the titular "monster"), so a greedy rival scientist plans to steal it for use in his criminal plans. His henchmen often kidnap a trained gorilla (the titular "ape") from the zoo, to aid in the schemes.
Search similar movies
6.1
The+Monster+and+the+Ape
The Monster and the Ape

1945

Search similar movies
The Black Coin

Government agents try to thwart smugglers, while some sort of plot unfolds, about a hidden treasure revealed by cursed coins.
Search similar movies
6.0
The+Black+Coin
The Black Coin

1936

Search similar movies
Custer's Last Stand

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.
Search similar movies
4.5
Custer%27s+Last+Stand
Custer's Last Stand

1936

Search similar movies
The Purple Monster Strikes

A Martian invader crashes his spaceship conveniently close to the workshop of a scientist who is developing an interplanetary craft. If the extraterrestrial Purple Monster can complete the rocket ship and return to Mars, he will be able to start a full-scale invasion of Earth. Good thing Craig Foster sets out to thwart the Monster's mission!
Search similar movies
3.8
The+Purple+Monster+Strikes
The Purple Monster Strikes

1945

Search similar movies
Manhunt of Mystery Island

Claire Forrest seeks her kidnapped scientist father, hidden somewhere on Mystery Island. He is held and forced to work on diabolical inventions by Captain Mephisto, a costumed villain.
Search similar movies
4.3
Manhunt+of+Mystery+Island
Manhunt of Mystery Island

1945

Search similar movies
The Lost Planet

Dr. Ernst Grood , having already dominated the planet Ergro, now intends to take over the control of the Earth. Unfortunately for him, reporters oppose his sinister designs.
Search similar movies
The+Lost+Planet
The Lost Planet

1953

Search similar movies
Double Adventure

15 part adventure serial directed by W. S. Van Dyke survives in a Russian archive.
Search similar movies
Double+Adventure
Double Adventure

1921

Search similar movies
Congo Bill

Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa.
Search similar movies
1.7
Congo+Bill
Congo Bill

1948

Search similar movies
Jungle Raiders

Greedy traders have kidnapped a researcher, hoping he will reveal the location of a treasure in a hidden village. Family and friends of the researcher come looking for him. Adventure ensues.
Search similar movies
5.5
Jungle+Raiders
Jungle Raiders

1945

Search similar movies
The Masked Marvel

A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima.
Search similar movies
4.7
The+Masked+Marvel
The Masked Marvel

1943

Search similar movies
The Tiger's Trail

A cult of Hindu tiger worshippers and a gang of Western outlaws try to cheat a young woman out of rich mines that belong to her.
Search similar movies
The+Tiger%27s+Trail
The Tiger's Trail

1919

Search similar movies
Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
Search similar movies
5.6
Mandrake+the+Magician
Mandrake the Magician

1939

Search similar movies
Love's Lariat

A rancher begrudgingly goes east in order the fulfill the requirements of his uncle's will and receive his inheritance.
Search similar movies
Love%27s+Lariat
Love's Lariat

1916

Search similar movies
Hands Up

A newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation of their long-lost princess.
Search similar movies
Hands+Up
Son of Geronimo

The self-styled son of Indian chief Geronimo gets himself involved with a gang of nasty whites in this typical low-budget 15 chapter serial, which benefitted from a great deal of footage from the the stock piles at Columbia Pictures. Jim Scott and wagon train boss Tulsa are on to the nefarious schemes of Rance Rankin and Ace Devlin, getting words of warning through to Portico, the Son of Geronimo. With Portico's help, the white renegades are finally destroyed in the serial's concluding chapter, "Peace Treaty." Moore, the future star of the television series The Lone Ranger, was here billed "Clay Moore."
Search similar movies
Son+of+Geronimo
Son of Geronimo

1952

Search similar movies
Border Blackbirds

A couple of drifters seeking shelter from a blizzard. In a mountain cabin, they find the body of an old friend and a note that blames his death on the Border Blackbirds, a notorious gang operating on the border of Canada.
Search similar movies
Border+Blackbirds
Border Blackbirds

1927

Search similar movies
Roar of the Iron Horse

Columbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial about the building of the transcontinental railroad. O'Mahoney played a railroad agent who uncovers the master criminal behind a series of sabotage attempts on the construction site.
Search similar movies
6.0
Roar+of+the+Iron+Horse
Roar of the Iron Horse

1951

Search similar movies
The Silk Lined Burglar

Gentleman crook Boston Blackie answers a want ad for an expert safecracker placed by Doris Macon, who claims a moral right to the safe's contents. She hires Blackie, and they break into the house where the safe is kept. Blackie blows up the safe just as owner Captain von Hoffmeier returns home. Doris disappears with papers from inside the safe, while Blackie takes phonograph records, which, when played with a special needle, reveal secrets that implicate von Hoffmeier as a German political spy.
Search similar movies
The+Silk+Lined+Burglar
The Silk Lined Burglar

1919

Search similar movies
Scouts to the Rescue

Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
Search similar movies
Scouts+to+the+Rescue
Scouts to the Rescue

1939

Search similar movies
The Veiled Adventure

A woman has second thoughts about her socialite fiancé when she finds a grey veil in his overcoat. When she discovers that the veil belongs to the owner of a beauty shop, she begins to investigate.
Search similar movies
The+Veiled+Adventure
The Veiled Adventure

1919

Search similar movies
The Spider Returns

The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
Search similar movies
8.7
The+Spider+Returns
The Spider Returns

1941

Search similar movies
The Adventures of Kathlyn

The serial detailed the experiences of Kathlyn Hare, the pretty daughter of an explorer. Kathlyn resided in a mythical India, fighting off unwanted advances from a handsome native, Umballah, when not battling an endless array of ferocious jungle fauna.
Search similar movies
1.0
The+Adventures+of+Kathlyn
The Adventures of Kathlyn

1913

Search similar movies
A Star Is Born

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Search similar movies
7.1
A+Star+Is+Born
A Star Is Born

1954

Search similar movies
Jesse James Rides Again

Jesse James wants to start a new life in a new location, but quickly finds himself wrapped-up in protecting townsfolk from the machinations of evil oilmen.
Search similar movies
Jesse+James+Rides+Again
Jesse James Rides Again

1947

Search similar movies
Perils of the Jungle

A young woman and her father search for hidden treasure in the African jungle.
Search similar movies
Perils+of+the+Jungle
Perils of the Jungle

1927

Search similar movies