S.O.S. Coast Guard
| S O S Coast Guard | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alan James William Witney |
| Written by | Franklin Adreon Morgan Cox Ronald Davidson Edward Lynn Winston Miller Lester Scott Barry Shipman |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Ralph Byrd Bela Lugosi Maxine Doyle Richard Alexander Lee Ford Herbert Rawlinson John Picorri |
| Cinematography | William Nobles |
| Edited by | Helene Turner Edward Todd |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (224 minutes) (serial) 71 minutes (feature) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $107,217 (negative cost: $128,530) |
S O S Coast Guard is a 1937 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.