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Coast Guard

Coast Guard

Release: 1939-08-04 ·Runtime: 72m ·★ 5.0
Drama Romance

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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Stanley Brown Stanley Brown as Frightened Seaman (uncredited) Lorna Gray Lorna Gray as (uncredited) Edmund MacDonald Edmund MacDonald as Lt. Thompson Randolph Scott Randolph Scott as Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw Carl M. Leviness Carl M. Leviness as Carl - Waiter (uncredited) Bobby Watson Bobby Watson as Desk Clerk (uncredited) Harry Tyler Harry Tyler as Hatchet-faced Seaman (uncredited) Frances Dee Frances Dee as Nancy Bliss Walter Connolly Walter Connolly as Tobias Bliss Lynton Brent Lynton Brent as Radio Operator (uncredited) Claire Du Brey Claire Du Brey as First Nurse (uncredited) Ralph Bellamy Ralph Bellamy as Raymond Dower Linda Brent Linda Brent as (uncredited) Mala Mala as Eskimo Driver (uncredited) Lloyd Whitlock Lloyd Whitlock as Bradley (uncredited) Warren Hymer Warren Hymer as O'Hara Harold Minjir Harold Minjir as Cuthbert Perry (uncredited) Robert Middlemass Robert Middlemass as Capt. Lyons J. Farrell MacDonald J. Farrell MacDonald as Capt. Hansen (uncredited) Lee Phelps Lee Phelps as Senior Officer (uncredited) Dorothy Comingore Dorothy Comingore as Nurse (uncredited) Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Second Officer (uncredited) Harry Strang Harry Strang as Third Officer (uncredited) Harry Wilson Harry Wilson as Second Expressman (uncredited) Steve Clark Steve Clark as Sailor (uncredited) Jack Egan Jack Egan as Coastguardsman (uncredited) Don Beddoe Don Beddoe as Bartender (uncredited) Ann Doran Ann Doran as Nurse (uncredited) Craig Stevens Craig Stevens as Sailor (uncredited) John Tyrrell John Tyrrell as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited) Ned Glass Ned Glass as Lookout (uncredited) Stanley Andrews Stanley Andrews as Comdr. Hooker Raymond Bailey Raymond Bailey as First Officer (uncredited) Grace Hayle Grace Hayle as Stout Woman (uncredited) Billy Lee Billy Lee as Seaman (uncredited) Adrian Morris Adrian Morris as First Expressman (uncredited) Marla Shelton Marla Shelton as Gorgeous Creature (uncredited) James Millican James Millican as Sailor (uncredited) Sarah Edwards Sarah Edwards as Florence (uncredited) Beryl Wallace Beryl Wallace as Pretty Nurse (uncredited)