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The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

  • 19431943
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 4h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
356
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Edgar Barrier, Tom Brown, and Keye Luke in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
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Just before World War II, the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon.Just before World War II, the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon.Just before World War II, the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
356
YOUR RATING
    • Lewis D. Collins
    • Ray Taylor
    • Morgan Cox(original screen play)
    • Zack Mosley(based on the newspaper feature "Smilin' Jack")
  • Stars
    • Tom Brown
    • Rose Hobart
    • Edgar Barrier
    • Lewis D. Collins
    • Ray Taylor
    • Morgan Cox(original screen play)
    • Zack Mosley(based on the newspaper feature "Smilin' Jack")
  • Stars
    • Tom Brown
    • Rose Hobart
    • Edgar Barrier
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Edgar Barrier, Tom Brown, and Keye Luke in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown and Keye Luke in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Edgar Barrier, Tom Brown, and Keye Luke in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown and Marjorie Lord in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown, Cyril Delevanti, and Marjorie Lord in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown and Keye Luke in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Turhan Bey, Edgar Barrier, Tom Brown, Nigel De Brulier, Cyril Delevanti, Rose Hobart, David Hoffman, Marjorie Lord, Keye Luke, and Sidney Toler in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown and Marjorie Lord in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown, Rose Hobart, and Marjorie Lord in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Tom Brown, Marjorie Lord, and Sidney Toler in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Turhan Bey, Edgar Barrier, Tom Brown, Marjorie Lord, Keye Luke, and Sidney Toler in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)

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    Tom Brown
    Tom Brown
    • Jack Martin
    Rose Hobart
    Rose Hobart
    • Fraulein Von Teufel
    Edgar Barrier
    Edgar Barrier
    • Tommy Thompson
    Marjorie Lord
    Marjorie Lord
    • Janet Thompson
    Keye Luke
    Keye Luke
    • Capt. Wing
    Sidney Toler
    Sidney Toler
    • Gen. Kai Ling
    Cyril Delevanti
    Cyril Delevanti
    • Mah Ling…
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Wu Tan
    Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier
    • Lo San
    Turhan Bey
    Turhan Bey
    • Kageyama
    David Hoffman
    David Hoffman
    • Blenker [Chs. 9-11]
    Edward Coch
    • Hito
    • (as Rico De Montez)
    Jay Novello
    Jay Novello
    • Kushimi [Chs. 1-3, 12-13]
    Emil Alegata
    • Capt. Wu [Ch. 1]
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Blumfield
    • Police Officer [Chs. 11-12]
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    • Capt. Harrigan [Chs. 5-6]
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Bryar
    Paul Bryar
    • Herr Bauer - German Spy [Chs. 6-7]
    • (uncredited)
    Luke Chan
    • Mandonese Gate Guard [Ch. 2]
    • (uncredited)
      • Lewis D. Collins
      • Ray Taylor
      • Morgan Cox(original screen play)
      • Zack Mosley(based on the newspaper feature "Smilin' Jack")
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    • Trivia
      In the opening of Chapter 10, a group of men in the "Department of Internal Affairs - Territorial Division" are going over a list of names of civilian/military casualties the previous day during the attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the names mentioned is William Sickner. William A. Sickner was the cinematographer on this serial.
    • Goofs
      Though Mandon is supposedly located on the border between China and India, the walls of the high priest's temple are decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphics. (Universal recycled the set from The Mummy's Hand (1940))

    User reviews4

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    Featured review
    6/10
    He didn't do much smiling.
    Set just before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Jack Martin helps the Chinese obtain the Mandon Secret, a secret route from China to India, lying in an isolated Chinese sector, which would aid the Chinese in the war effort or cause disaster if fallen into the hands of the Black Samurai, a Japanese espionage organization in partnership with the Nazis, and its leader the elusive Fraulein Von Teufel, who assumes the guise of Trudy, a press correspondent and friend of Jack. For thirteen chapters, Jack goes in and out of danger in order to assist the allied war effort. The serial's main drawback is that it didn't follow the comic strip (with a Jack Holt looking Jack, a Peter Lorre-ish villain called The Head, and aerial escapades) and its characters, which suggests that the character was tied in to the serial, just so it could be used. Its a good serial, but could have been better. A decent cast this serial has was capable of better, but at the same time kept my interest. Rating, based on serials, 6.
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    • Mike-764
    • Aug 22, 2003

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    • Release date
      • January 5, 1943 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • 4 hours 25 minutes
      • Black and White

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