S.O.S Tidal Wave

Jun 2, 1939

1h 2m

★ 5.7

The March Of Crime! Televised on a coast-to-coast hook-up by an underworld lord whose weapons are the latest wonders of science.

Overview

A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

S.O.S Tidal Wave Trailers

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Cast

Jeff Shannon

Ralph Byrd

Laurel Shannon

Kay Sutton

Peaches Jackson

Frank Jenks

Melvin Sutter

Marc Lawrence

Uncle Dan Carter

George Barbier

Buddy Shannon

Mickey Kuhn

Mike Halloran

Oscar O'Shea

Mable

Dorothy Lee

Clifford Farrow

Ferris Taylor

Voice of Felix the Dummy

Smiley Burnette

Roy Nixon

Raymond Bailey

Curly Parsons

Don 'Red' Barry

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