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Thunderbolt Jack

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Thunderbolt Jack
1920 Advertisement in Motion Picture News
Directed byFrancis Ford
Murdock MacQuarrie
Written byJoe Brandt
Produced byBen F. Wilson
StarringJack Hoxie
Marin Sais
Production
company
Berwilla Film Corp.
Distributed byArrow Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 1, 1920 (1920-11-01)
Running time
15 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Thunderbolt Jack is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by Francis Ford and Murdock MacQuarrie, produced by Berwilla Film Corp., and released on the states-rights market by Arrow Film Corp. The serial is considered to be lost.[1]

Plot

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Hoxie in the film

As described in a film magazine,[2] Jack's parents are tricked into a sale of their land through the conniving of Bull Flint (Frank), the big man of the small town near the home of the Holidays. Oil has been discovered on the land and Flint plots to obtain it. Flint dishonestly acquires the deed to the land and strikes oil on the property. Bess Morgan (Sais) gives the Holidays a home on her ranch. Jack Holliday (Jack Hoxie) comes home from college and rescues Bess from assault by Tom Flint, brother of Bull and a member of his gang. Fighting off repeated attempts by the gang to get him, Jack sees the two Flints imprisoned and the Holliday lands restored. Bess and Jack are rewarded with each other's love.

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Thunderbolt Jack". silentera.com. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
  2. ^ "Reviews: Thunderbolt Jack". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (22). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 79. November 27, 1920.
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