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The Adventures of Smilin' Jack is a american film of genre Action directed by Ray Taylor released in USA on 5 january 1943 with Tom Brown
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
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Add to a movie listThe Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1942) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip The Adventures of Smilin' Jack.
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In 1941, an American aviator, 'Smilin' Jack' Martin wishes to resign as an advisor to the Nationalist Chinese Army in order to return to the United States to enlist as an aviator in America's military buildup prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He is delayed when the Chinese discover that the neutral Tibetan like Mandon "Province" contains a secret road from India to China crucial for the Allied war effort. Determined to obtain the secret for themselves, or equally determined to have the secret destroyed is the Japanese espionage organisation "The Black Samurai" and the German intelligence agent Fräulein von Teufel who masquerades as an American newspaper reporter.Actors
Tom Brown
('Smilin' Jack' Martin)
Rose Hobart
(Trudy Muller, aka Fraulein von Teufel)
Edgar Barrier
(Tommy Thompson)
Marjorie Lord
(Janet Thompson)
Keye Luke
(Captain Wing)
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