"Jack of All Trades" (2000) TV series

Creator:

Eric Morris

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

17 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Action | Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

Jack Stiles, an American spy stationed on a South Pacific island in the early 19th century, works against Napoleon's colonizing efforts.

Plot Keywords:

Napoleon | Spy | Emperor | 19th Century | British

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Bruce Campbell	...	Daring Dragoon / ... (22 episodes, 2000-2001)
Angela Marie Dotchin	...	Mrs. Emilia Smythe Rothschild (22 episodes, 2000-2001)
Stuart Devenie	...	Governor Croque / ... (22 episodes, 2000-2001)
Stephen Papps	...	Captain Brogard (22 episodes, 2000-2001)
Shemp Wooley	...	Voice of Jean-Claude (13 episodes, 2000)

Runtime:

30 min (22 episodes)

Country:

USA | New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

Renaissance Pictures

Trivia:

Stuart Devenie ("Governor Croque") and Stephen Papps ("Captain Brogard") both played the role of Father MacGruder in the splatter film Braindead (1992). Devenie played the priest when he was alive and Papps played him as a zombie.

Quotes:

Mrs. Emilia Smythe Rothschild: Ten of your American dollars says God is a woman.
Jack Stiles: Which explains why nothing we do ever pleases Her.
Mrs. Emilia Smythe Rothschild: And also explains why we're no longer covered in fur and hunting our neighbors for sport.
Jack Stiles: Next you'll tell me God's British.
Mrs. Emilia Smythe Rothschild: I'm trying to break you in slowly, Jack.

A show worthy of Bruce Campbell's talents!

Bruce Campbell shines in this action series set in the early 1800's. Bruce plays an American spy named Jack who is assigned to an island to keep Napoleon at bay. Not wanting the U.S. to become a French-speaking country, Jack agrees. Once there, Jack finds himself with a beautiful British woman assigned as his partner. Over the course of his adventures, Jack finds himself having to occasionally assume the role of a swashbuckling local folk hero named the Daring Dragoon.

Bruce Campbell is very entertaining to watch in this show, playing his Jack character as sort of a cross between Zorro and Ash. A must-see for any Bruce fan. The only drawback is that it's only 30 minutes long. So just as things are starting to take off, the show suddenly ends. I guess we can hope that the awful "Cleopatra 2525" gets cancelled and the show gets expanded to an hour.