Coast Guard (1939)
1h 12m
Running Time
August 4, 1939Release Date
Coast Guard (1939)
1h 12m
Running Time
August 4, 1939Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Randolph Scott
Lt. Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw
Frances Dee
Nancy Bliss
Ralph Bellamy
Lt. Raymond 'Ray' Dower
Warren Hymer
O'Hara
Walter Connolly
Tobias Bliss
Edward Ludwig
Director
Robert Middlemass
Capt. Lyons
Richard Maibaum
Writer
Stanley Andrews
Comdr. Hooker
Albert Duffy
Writer
Edmund MacDonald
Lt. Thompson
Harry Anderson
Sailor (uncredited)
Harry Segall
Writer
Fred Kohlmar
Producer
Raymond Bailey
First Officer (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Bartender (uncredited)
Lucien Ballard
Cinematographer
Linda Brent
Minor Role (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Stanley Brown
Frightened Seaman (uncredited)
Buel Bryant
Sailor (uncredited)
Steve Clark
Sailor (uncredited)
Chuck Colean
Sailor (uncredited)
Russ Coller
Sailor (uncredited)
Dorothy Comingore
Nurse (uncredited)
Charles Conrad
Orderly (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Nurse (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Second Officer (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
First Nurse (uncredited)
Dorothy Dugan
Nurse (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Florence (uncredited)
Jack Egan
Coastguardsman (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Sailor (uncredited)
Allen Fox
Sailor (uncredited)
Jerry Frank
Sailor (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Lookout (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
Minor Role (uncredited)
Charles Griffin
Sailor (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Seaman in Rescue Boat (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Stout Woman (uncredited)
Billy Lee
Seaman (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Carl - Waiter (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald
Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
Mala
Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
Herman Marks
Sailor (uncredited)
James Millican
Sailor (uncredited)
Harold Minjir
Cuthbert Perry (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
First Expressman (uncredited)
Joe Palma
Sailor (uncredited)
Jack Parker
Sailor (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Senior Officer (uncredited)
Gwen Seager
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marla Shelton
Gorgeous Creature (uncredited)
Craig Stevens
Sailor (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Third Officer (uncredited)
George Turner
Sailor (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Hatchet-faced Seaman (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Beryl Wallace
Pretty Nurse (uncredited)
Bobby Watson
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
Bradley (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Second Expressman (uncredited)
Bruce Wong
Second Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Coast Guard is a 1939 American adventure film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Randolph Scott, Frances Dee and Ralph Bellamy. It is set before World War II.
The Hollywood Reporter indicated that Frances Dee replaced Gene Tierney in the role of Nancy Bliss. Coast Guard was the first film of actor Michael Gale, who changed his name in 1941 to Craig Stevens.