S.O.S. Coast Guard
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| S.O.S. Coast Guard | |
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| Directed by | Alan James William Witney |
| Produced by | Sol C Siegel |
| Written by | Franklin Adreon Morgan Cox Ronald Davidson Edward Lynn Winston Miller Lester Scott Barry Shipman |
| Starring | Ralph Byrd Bela Lugosi Maxine Doyle Richard Alexander Lee Ford Herbert Rawlinson John Picorri |
| Cinematography | William Nobles |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1937 |
| Running time | 12 chapters (224 min) |
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A 1937 Republic Serial staring Bela Lugosi and Ralph Byrd. This was during the 2-year period when the Hayes Office put a moratorium on horror movies, Lugosi's usual genre, and in the midst of Byrd's notoriety for the highly popular Dick Tracy serials.
Borof (Lugosi) is a mad scientist who has invented a "disintegrator ray" and plans to smuggle it to his buyers in Morovia. When his ship, the Carfax, gets stranded on outlying rocks in the first chapter, the Coast Guard comes to rescue him. Fearing for his cargo, Borof kills the young Ensign Jim Kent after going ashore, who turned out to be Lt Terry Kent's (Byrd) brother. A typical serial plot ensues.
[edit] Cast
Ralph Byrd as Lt Terry Kent
Bela Lugosi as Borof
Maxine Doyle as Jean Norman
Richard Alexander as Thorg
Lee Ford as Snapper McGee
Herbert Rawlinson as Commander Boyle
John Picorri as G A Rackerby
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| Preceded by The Painted Stallion (1937) |
Republic Serial S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937) |
Succeeded by Zorro Rides Again (1937) |
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