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Coast Guard

Arm in arm...FOR THE GLORY OF THE SERVICE. Fist to fist...FOR THE HAND OF A GIRL!
Aug 4, 1939 · 1h 12m
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Romance

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

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
Directed by Edward Ludwig

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Columbia Pictures
Country
US

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