On the Jump (1918 Fox film)

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On the Jump
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Directed by Raoul Walsh
Written by
Produced by William Fox
Starring
Cinematography Roy F. Overbaugh
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
March 31, 1918
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
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Scene from the film

On the Jump is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Walsh, Frances Burnham and James A. Marcus. [1]

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Plot

A journalist resigns from a newspaper when it is taken over a pro-German sympathiser, and sets out to expose him as a German agent.

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References

  1. Solomon p.250

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