The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
(1943)
Adventure / Serial / War
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
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.
Chapter titles:
Chapter 01 - The High Road to Doom
Chapter 02 - The Rising Sun Strikes
Chapter 03 - Attacked by Bombers
Chapter 04 - Knives of Vengeance
Chapter 05 - A Watery Grave
Chapter 06 - Escape by Clipper
Chapter 07 - Fifteen Fathoms Below
Chapter 08 - Treachery at Sea
Chapter 09 - The Bridge of Peril
Chapter 10 - Blackout in the Islands
Chapter 11 - Held for Treason
Chapter 12 - The Torture Fire Test
Chapter 13 - Sinking the Rising Sun
