Fighting Coast Guard (1951)

Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

Charles Marquis Warren (story), Kenneth Gamet (screenplay)

Stars:

Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brian Donlevy	...	Cmdr. McFarland
Forrest Tucker	...	Bill Rourk
Ella Raines	...	Louise Ryan
John Russell	...	Barney Walker
Richard Jaeckel	...	Tony Jessup
William Murphy	...	Sandy Jessup
Martin Milner	...	Al Prescott
Steve Brodie	...	'Red' Toon
Hugh O'Brian	...	Tom Peterson
Tom Powers	...	Adm. Ryan
Jack Pennick	...	Coast Guardsman
Olin Howland	...	Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
Damian O'Flynn	...	Capt. Adair
Morris Ankrum	...	Navy Captain
James Flavin	...	Cmdr. Rogers

Storyline

Bill Rourk, an ex-Coast Guard crew chief, is tricked into volunteering for the Coact Guard Officer's Training School, following the Japanese sneak-attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Rourk's preference would be to keep the higher-paying and more-secure job in a civilian shipyard. Coadt Guard Commander McFarland first meets Rourk at the shipyard and, later, is his superior officer at the officer's-training-school. Rourk fails to get his Ensign's commission, and then finds he has been assigned to McFarland's command at sea. Matters are not helped any by both men being rivals for Louise Ryan, the admiral's daughter.

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Plot Keywords:

shipyard | commander | training | pearl harbor | school | 

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Genres:

War | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fighting U.S. Coast Guard

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$532,111 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Trucolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Home On the Range"
(uncredited)
Music by Brewster M. Higley
Lyrics by Daniel E. Kelley
Performed by the Sons of the Pioneers

User Reviews

Fighting sleeping.

Well, I agree, I am naughty with this kind of production. This kind of ultra patriotic movie that already shows brave soldiers who fight with all their guts against evil Japanese army. And, of course, it begins with the Pearl Harbor "incident", on December 7th 1941...

Nothing unusual, here. Heroes - Donlevy and Russel - fighting for the same woman - Ella Raines. We can see Richard Jaeckel at his acting beginning. A mix up between romance, war sequences - mostly stock shots

• training schedules. Action, OK, but boring for me. I prefer hardcore

and realistic war movies. Anti war films. The fiercest of them all.

No, it's not a bad feature. A good Jo Kane's indeed. But not my favourite.