Product Details

• Actors: Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Doyle, Richard Alexander, Lee Ford
• Directors: Alan James, William Witney
• Writers: Barry Shipman, Edward Lynn, Franklin Adreon, Morgan Cox, Ronald Davidson
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Vci Video
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
• Run Time: 69 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0001OGV1M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,546 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "SOS Coast Guard" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Exciting Republic Serial starring hero Ralph Byrd with Bela Lugosi as the evil scientist with a formula for disintegrating everything. Will our hero be able to stop this mad man from selling his formula to foreign powers? Bonus Features: Chapter Selection Menu, Bios, Bonus Serial Trailers Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 230 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA – NR; Year – 1937; SRP - $14.99.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "the King of Serials on DVD...VCI Entertainment ~ SOS Coast Guard (1937)", October 5, 2005

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This review is from: SOS Coast Guard (DVD)

VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present "SOS Coast Guard" (1937) (Dolby digitally remastered), with 12 Chapters of vintage serial episodes loaded with action sequences...story line involves integrating gas that a mad scientist is putting on the market to sell to the highest bidder even foreign powers...can Lt. Terry Kent stop this evil scheme that Boroff is cooking up...will the bone crusher Thorg do battle with our hero Kent leaving them both at the bottom of the ocean while the heroine Jean Norman struggles to stay alive from drowning on a sinking ship...watch for "The Deadly Circle", the final chapter in this double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense serial...sail the ocean with excitement and adventure at every turn...don't miss a single spine-thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Under director's William Witney and Alan James, associate producer Sol. C Siegel, original story by Morgan B. Cox and Ronald Davidson, screenplay by Barry Shipman and Franklyn Adreon, original music score by Alberto Colombo...the cast include Ralph Byrd (Lt. Terry Kent), Bela Lugosi (Boroff, alias M.A. Anderson), Maxine Doyle (Jean Norman), Richard Alexander (Thorg), Lee Ford (Snapper McGee), Herbert Rawlinson (Cmdr. Boyle), John Picorri (G.A. Rackerby), Thomas Carr (Ens. Jim Kent), Carleton Young (Dodds-henchman), Allen Connor (Dick Norman), Lawrence Grant (Rabinisi - Boroff's spokesman at screening), George Chesebro (L.H. DeGado-henchman), Roy Barcroft (Goebel-henchman), Earle D. Bunn (Kelp Plant heavy), Ed Cassidy (Patrol Boat Capt. Johnson), Jack Ingram (Seaman), Rex Lease ( Coast Guard orderly) ....with some of the best stuntmen in the business from Republic starting with Yakima Canutt, Earle D. Bunn, Loren Riebe and Duke Taylor...special behind the scenes note that actor Ralph Byrd starred in a number of comic strip films playing detective "Dick Tracy" during the '30s, '40s & '50s off and on, did some great serial work in "Dick Tracy's G-Men" (1939), "SOS Coast Guard" (1942) and "The Vigilante" (1947), was given character roles later in his career and after an auto accident returned to a TV series for another run at his "Dick Tracy" character....now back to the feature as Repubic Pictures is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception...there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. Disaster at Sea
2. Barrage of Death
3. Tje Gas Cja,ner
4. The Fatal Shaft
5. The Mystery Ship
6. Deadly Cargo
7. Undersea Terror
8. The Crash
9. Wolves at Bay
10.The Acid Trail
11.The Sea Battle
12.The Deadly Circle

BIOS:
1. Ralph Byrd
Birth Date: 4/22/1909 - Dayton, Ohio
Died: 8/18/1952 - Tarzana, CA
2. Bela Lugosi
Birth Date: 10/20/1882 - Austria-Hungary
Died: 8/16/1956 - Los Angeles, CA
3. Maxine Doyle
Birth Date: 1/01/1915 - San Francisco, CA
Died: 3/08/1973
4. William Witney (Director)
Birth Date: 5/15/1910
Died: 3/17/2002 - Pioneer, CA
5. Alan James (aka Alvin J. Neitz) (Director)
Birth Date: 3/23/1890 - Washington
Died: 12/30/1952 - Los Angeles, CA

SPECIAL FEATURES:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
4. Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
5. The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
6. Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
7. Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
8. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
9. Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
10.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)
11.Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
12.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
13.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
14.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure then this is the place for all of the above...check out another release from VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures with J. Laurence Wickland's "The Painted Stallion" (1937) (Dolby digitally remastered), 12 thundering chapters of harding riding scouts and Indians attacking the wagon trains with great action sequences featuring Crash Corrigan a American Federal Agent and Hoot Gibson the wagonmaster as the good guys and Duncan Renaldo if you can believe it as the bad guy...don't take my word for it, get out there as they're going fast, this is the one you've been waiting for.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "SOS Coast Guard" (1937), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s, '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 302 mins on 2 DVD's ~ VCI Entertainment 8317 ~ (4/27/2004)