Don Winslow of the Coast Guard

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
Directed by	Lewis D. Collins; Ray Taylor
Written by	Richard Brooks; (additional dialogue)
Screenplay by	Paul Huston; George H. Plympton; Griffin Jay
Based on	Frank V. Martinek; (based on the comic strip by)
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Starring	Don Terry; Walter Sande; Elyse Knox; Philip Ahn; June Duprez
Cinematography	John W. Boyle; William A. Sickner
Edited by	Irving Birnbaum; Alvin Todd; Edgar Zane
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 6, 1943;
Running time	13 chapters; (245 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard is a 1943 Universal Pictures Serial film based on the comic strip Don Winslow of the Navy by Frank V. Martinbek.

Plot[]

After service at Pearl Harbor, Naval Commander Don Winslow, and his friend and junior officer, Lieutenant "Red" Pennington, are assigned to the Coast Guard. There they are ordered to devote their activities to anti-fifth column work on the mainland. Winslow learns that The Scorpion, a fascist sympathizer, is in the pay of the Japanese and is expected to lay the ground work for a Japanese attack on the Pacific coast. Constantly in peril and aided by Mercedes Colby, the daughter of a Navy Admiral, they investigate secret island-bases and battles with submarines and enemy planes…

Cast[]

Don Terry as Don Winslow
Walter Sande as Red Pennington
Elyse Knox as Mercedes Colby
Philip Ahn as Hirota
June Duprez as Tasmia
Edgar Dearing as CP0 Ben Cobb
Lionel Royce as Reichter
Henry Victor as Heilrich
Charles Wagenheim as Mussanti
Nestor Paiva as The Scorpion

Production[]

Martinbek's comic strip was approved by the US Navy. The strip gained new meaning with the approach of World War II, which would also affect the serial: "Its presentation as a Universal serial in October 1941 – just before the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor in December – was one of the most timely contributions of the serial field."^[1]

Chapter titles[]

Trapped in the Blazing Sea
Battling a U-Boat
The Crash in the Clouds
The Scorpion Strikes
A Flaming Target
Ramming the Submarine
Bombed in the Ocean Depths
Blackout Treachery
The Torpedo Strikes
Blasted from the Skies
A Fight to the Death
The Death Trap
Capturing the Scorpion

_Source:^[2]

References[]

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 235. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links[]

Don Winslow of the Coast Guard at IMDb
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard at AllMovie

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[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[2] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 235. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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