Adventures of Smilin' Jack, The
Date of Release : January 1943
Studio : Universal Studios
Starring Tom Brown, Marjorie Lord, Sidney Toler, Edgar
Barrier & Keye Luke
Directed by Ray Taylor & Lewis Collins
13 Chapters & 260 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are
about 20 mins
Synopsis : Set just before the Japanese bombing of Pearl
Harbor, Jack Martin helps the Chinese to 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. Based on the popular comic-strip and
radio show, this serial boasts a "Charlie Chan" supporting
cast in Sidney Toler & Keye Luke