Coast Guard (1939)

6.0/10 72 min Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Randolph Scott

Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw

Frances Dee

Nancy Bliss

Ralph Bellamy

Raymond Dower

Walter Connolly

Tobias Bliss

Warren Hymer

O'Hara

Robert Middlemass

Capt. Lyons

Stanley Andrews

Comdr. Hooker

Edmund MacDonald

Lt. Thompson

Raymond Bailey

First Officer (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

Bartender (uncredited)

Linda Brent

(uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Radio Operator (uncredited)

Stanley Brown

Frightened Seaman (uncredited)

Steve Clark

Sailor (uncredited)

Dorothy Comingore

Nurse (uncredited)

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