Coast Guard (1939) DVD-R

Starring Randolph Scott, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy, Walter Connolly, Warren Hymer
Directed by Edward Ludwig

Print: black/white
Runtime: 72 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower (Ralph Bellamy) and
reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw (Randolph Scott) are the closest of friends.
Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss (Walter Connolly), 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 (Frances Dee), 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. Angry at first, Ray acts as best man at the
wedding. Speed reverts to his old habits and often leaves Nancy alone. Broken-hearted,
Nancy returns to her grandfather's home, where Ray often visits her. He is there when
Speed, stunting over the house to gain Nancy's attention, cracks up his plane. Ray is forced
to testify at Speed's court-martial, and Speed believes Ray is trying to ruin him and win
Nancy. Dispatched to rescue work in the frozen North, Ray is lost in a polar blizzard. Nancy
pleas to Speed to fly north and search for Ray and Speed, thinking Nancy loves Ray, agrees
to go.