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Cast
Bela Lugosi
as Boroff
Ralph Byrd
as Lt. Terry Kent
Maxine Doyle
as Jean Norman
Richard Alexander
as Thorg
Lee Ford
as Snapper McGee
Herbert Rawlinson
as Cmdr. Boyle
John Picorri
as G.A. Rackerby [Chs. 2-12]
Allen Connor
as Dick Norman
Thomas Carr
as Ens. Jim Kent [Ch. 1]
Lawrence Grant
as Rabinisi - Boroff's Spokesman at Screening [Ch. 1]
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1937
Runtime3h 44m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresScience Fiction, Action
Votes9
DirectorWilliam Witney, Alan James
WritersRonald Davidson, Barry Shipman, Morgan Cox
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.1 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsSOS Coast Guard
About SOS Coast Guard
An internationally-notorious criminal scientist returns to the US to sell his latest invention, a disintegrating gas, to a foreign power. When he arrives, however, he is spotted by a young Coast Guard man, whom he kills - and thus earns the enmity of the entire US Coast Guard, but especially the murdered Guardsman's older brother who, together with his reporter-girlfriend and her comical photographer, vigorously sets to tracking him down and interfering with his plans to develop the city-melting gas in quantity. A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters.
Directed by William Witney, Alan James, SOS Coast Guard leans on a strong ensemble — Bela Lugosi, Ralph Byrd, Maxine Doyle — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about science fiction titles of 1937.
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