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  • On the Jump (I) (1918)
  • 60 min | Comedy, War
On the Jump (I) (1918)
60 min | Comedy, War
During World War I, an enterprising and patriotic reporter named Jack Bartlett interviews President Woodrow Wilson on the importance of the Fourth Liberty Loan. Jack returns from Washington to find that Otto Crumley, a German sympathizer, ...See moreDuring World War I, an enterprising and patriotic reporter named Jack Bartlett interviews President Woodrow Wilson on the importance of the Fourth Liberty Loan. Jack returns from Washington to find that Otto Crumley, a German sympathizer, has taken control of his newspaper, and when Crumley tears up the story, Jack resigns and joins the Liberty Loan campaign. After raising a large sum of money for the government, Jack succeeds in preventing a strike in a local munitions plant. Later, he learns that Crumley, actually a German agent, has stolen a secret gasoline substitute formula invented by William Desmond, the father of his girlfriend Margaret. Crumley imprisons Margaret, but Jack rescues her and then swims out to the schooner on which Crumley is making his escape. The spy apprehended, Jack turns the ship's guns on a German submarine and sinks it. Written by AFI See less
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Director
Raoul Walsh (as R.A. Walsh)
Writers
Ralph Spence (scenario) | Raoul Walsh (story)
Cinematographer
Roy F. Overbaugh (as Roy Overbaugh)
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Updated Oct 6, 1918
Release date
Oct 6, 1918 (United States)

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5 cast members
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George Walsh's primary photo
George Walsh
Jack Bartlett Jack Bartlett   See fewer
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Frances Burnham's primary photo
Frances Burnham
Margaret Desmond Margaret Desmond   See fewer
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James A. Marcus's primary photo
James A. Marcus
William Desmond (as James Marcus) William Desmond (as James Marcus)   See fewer
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Henry Clive's primary photo
Henry Clive
Otto Crumley Otto Crumley   See fewer
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Ralph Faulkner's primary photo
Ralph Faulkner
President Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson   See fewer
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