Coast Guard

Aug 4, 1939

1h 12m

★ 5.0

Arm in arm...FOR THE GLORY OF THE SERVICE. Fist to fist...FOR THE HAND OF A GIRL!

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Coast Guard Trailers

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Cast

Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw

Randolph Scott

Nancy Bliss

Frances Dee

Raymond Dower

Ralph Bellamy

Tobias Bliss

Walter Connolly

O'Hara

Warren Hymer

Capt. Lyons

Robert Middlemass

Comdr. Hooker

Stanley Andrews

Lt. Thompson

Edmund MacDonald

Sailor (uncredited)

Harry Anderson

First Officer (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

Bartender (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

(uncredited)

Linda Brent

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4.5

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7.1

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5.1

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6.6

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6.5

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6.1

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6.6

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2.6

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0.0

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5.3

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0.0

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4.9

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5.2

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7.2

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6.4

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0.0

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4.5

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5.6

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0.0

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