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Coast Guard is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edward Ludwig released in USA on 4 august 1939 with Randolph Scott
Coast Guard (1939)
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Add to a movie listCoast Guard is a 1939 American adventure film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Randolph Scott, Frances Dee and Ralph Bellamy. It is set before World War II.
The Hollywood Reporter indicated that Frances Dee replaced Gene Tierney in the role of Nancy Bliss. Coast Guard was the first film of actor Michael Gale, who changed his name in 1941 to Craig Stevens.
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Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower (Ralph Bellamy) commands a United States Coast Guard rescue ship. His best friend in the Coast Guard, Lieutenant Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw (Randolph Scott), is a highly regarded, but reckless pilot. In a daring rescue at sea, both men are involved in saving Tobias Bliss (Walter Connolly), the captain of a tramp steamer. At the base hospital, the two officers visit the rescued man and meet Nancy (Frances Dee), his granddaughter. Both friends fall in love with her, but Speed proposes first; broken-hearted, Ray still acts as the best man at the wedding.Actors
Randolph Scott
(Thomas 'Speed' Bradshaw)
Frances Dee
(Nancy Bliss)
Ralph Bellamy
(Lt. Raymond 'Ray' Dower)
Walter Connolly
(Tobias Bliss)
Warren Hymer
(O'Hara)
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