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Coast Guard

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

6.0 / 10 1939 1h 12mNR English
DramaRomance

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw

Lead
Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Nancy Bliss

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Raymond Dower

Walter Connolly

Walter Connolly

Tobias Bliss

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

O'Hara

Robert Middlemass

Robert Middlemass

Capt. Lyons

Stanley Andrews

Stanley Andrews

Comdr. Hooker

Edmund MacDonald

Edmund MacDonald

Lt. Thompson

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edward Ludwig's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Coast Guard is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker