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S O S Coast Guard (1937) is a Republic film serial. It was the seventh of the sixty-six serials made by Republic. The plot concerns the mad scientist Boroff (Bela Lugosi) attempting to sell a superweapon to the highest bidder, opposed by Coast Guard Lieutenant Terry Kent (Ralph Byrd), for both personal and professional reasons. The main stars were Bela Lugosi and Ralph Byrd. It was made 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.
Original Release
08/28/1937
US Release
08/28/1937
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ralph Byrd | Lt. Terry Kent |
| Bela Lugosi | Boroff |
| Maxine Doyle | Jean Norman |
| Richard Alexander | Thorg |
| Lee Ford | Snapper McGee |
| Herbert Rawlinson | Cmdr. Boyle |
| John Picorri | G.A. Rackerby [Chs. 2-12] |
| Lawrence Grant | Rabinisi - Boroff's Spokesman at Screening [Ch. 1] |
| Thomas Carr | Ens. Jim Kent [Ch. 1] |
| Carleton Young | Henchman Dodds [Ch. 4] |
Directors
Writers
Barry Shipman, Franklin Adreon, Morgan Cox, Ronald Davidson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ralph Byrd | Lt. Terry Kent |
| Bela Lugosi | Boroff |
| Maxine Doyle | Jean Norman |
| Richard Alexander | Thorg |
| Lee Ford | Snapper McGee |
| Herbert Rawlinson | Cmdr. Boyle |
| John Picorri | G.A. Rackerby [Chs. 2-12] |
| Lawrence Grant | Rabinisi - Boroff's Spokesman at Screening [Ch. 1] |
| Thomas Carr | Ens. Jim Kent [Ch. 1] |
| Carleton Young | Henchman Dodds [Ch. 4] |
| Allen Connor | Dick Norman |
| George Chesebro | L.H. Degado - Chief Thug [Ch. 5] |
| Ranny Weeks | Wies - Ambulance Orderly Thug [Ch. 4] |
| Roy Barcroft | Goebel |
| Richard Beach | Seaman |
| Earle D. Bunn | Kelp Plant Heavy 1 |
| Yakima Canutt | Seaman |
| Ed Cassidy | Capt. Johnson |
| Jack Rube Clifford | Carver |
| Baldwin Cooke | Seaman |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sol C. Siegel | Producer |
