Coast Guard

Coast Guard

72 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 4, 1939

Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.

Coast Guard

72 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 4, 1939

Coast Guard
Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Coast Guard
Directors Edward Ludwig
Writers Harry Segall, Albert Duffy, Richard Maibaum

Cast

Randolph Scott

as Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw

Frances Dee

as Nancy Bliss

Ralph Bellamy

as Lt. Raymond 'Ray' Dower

Walter Connolly

as Tobias Bliss

Warren Hymer

as O'Hara

Robert Middlemass

as Capt. Lyons

Stanley Andrews

as Comdr. Hooker

Edmund MacDonald

as Lt. Thompson

Harry Anderson

as Sailor (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

as First Officer (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

as Bartender (uncredited)

Linda Brent

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

as Radio Operator (uncredited)

Stanley Brown

as Frightened Seaman (uncredited)

Buel Bryant

as Sailor (uncredited)

Steve Clark

as Sailor (uncredited)

Chuck Colean

as Sailor (uncredited)

Russ Coller

as Sailor (uncredited)

Dorothy Comingore

as Nurse (uncredited)

Charles Conrad

as Orderly (uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Ann Doran

as Nurse (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as Second Officer (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

as First Nurse (uncredited)

Dorothy Dugan

as Nurse (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards

as Florence (uncredited)

Jack Egan

as Coastguardsman (uncredited)

Sam Finn

as Sailor (uncredited)

Allen Fox

as Sailor (uncredited)

Jerry Frank

as Sailor (uncredited)

Ned Glass

as Lookout (uncredited)

Lorna Gray

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Charles Griffin

as Sailor (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Seaman in Rescue Boat (uncredited)

Grace Hayle

as Stout Woman (uncredited)

Billy Lee

as Seaman (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Carl - Waiter (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Capt. Hansen (uncredited)

Mala

as Eskimo Driver (uncredited)

Herman Marks

as Sailor (uncredited)

James Millican

as Sailor (uncredited)

Harold Minjir

as Cuthbert Perry (uncredited)

Adrian Morris

as First Expressman (uncredited)

Joe Palma

as Sailor (uncredited)

Jack Parker

as Sailor (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Senior Officer (uncredited)

Gwen Seager

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Marla Shelton

as Gorgeous Creature (uncredited)

Craig Stevens

as Sailor (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Third Officer (uncredited)

George Turner

as Sailor (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

as Hatchet-faced Seaman (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

Beryl Wallace

as Pretty Nurse (uncredited)

Bobby Watson

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

as Bradley (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Second Expressman (uncredited)

Bruce Wong

as Second Eskimo Driver (uncredited)

Bert Young

as Sailor (uncredited)

Frank Bruno

as Sailor (uncredited)