The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
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.
Top billed cast
Tom Brown'Smilin' Jack' Martin
Marjorie LordJanet Thompson
Rose HobartTrudy Muller, aka Fraulein von Teufel
Keye LukeCaptain Wing
Edgar BarrierTommy Thompson
Cyril DelevantiMah Ling / Han Po, his double
Philip AhnWu Tan
Turhan BeyKageyama [Chs. 1-5, 12-13]
Sidney TolerGeneral Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]
Jay NovelloKushimi, infiltrator [Chs. 1-3, 12-13]
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