Poster
S.O.S Tidal Wave  (1939)
The March Of Crime! Televised on a coast-to-coast hook-up by an underworld lord whose weapons are the latest wonders of science.


5.7|2 Jun, 1939|62 min
Released
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A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.
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Keywords
husband wife relationship
gangster
hit-and-run
ventriloquist
murder
tv reporter
stock footage
fiancé fiancée relationship
faked footage
political corruption
ventriloquist's dummy
family life
father son relationship
mayoral election
comical sidekick
bombed building
gang bomber

Casts

Ralph Byrd
Ralph Byrd
Jeff Shannon
Kay Sutton
Kay Sutton
Laurel Shannon
Frank Jenks
Frank Jenks
Peaches Jackson
Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence
Melvin Sutter
George Barbier
George Barbier
Uncle Dan Carter
Mickey Kuhn
Mickey Kuhn
Buddy Shannon
Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea
Mike Halloran
Dorothy Lee
Dorothy Lee
Mable
Ferris Taylor
Ferris Taylor
Clifford Farrow
Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Voice of Felix the Dummy
Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey
Roy Nixon
Don 'Red' Barry
Don 'Red' Barry
Curly Parsons
Hooper Atchley
Hooper Atchley
Roy Barcroft
Roy Barcroft
Lynton Brent
Lynton Brent
New York Teletype Operator
Richard Cramer
Richard Cramer
Short-Order Cook
Roy Darmour
John Dilson
John Dilson
Appleby
Harrison Greene
Lloyd Ingraham
Lloyd Ingraham
Doctor
I. Stanford Jolley
I. Stanford Jolley
Rex Lease
Rex Lease
Ambulance Attendant
George Montgomery
George Montgomery
Landers Stevens
Landers Stevens
Ben Taggart
Ben Taggart
Forrest Taylor
Forrest Taylor
George Turner
George Turner
Minerva Urecal
Minerva Urecal
Elizabeth Valentine
Elizabeth Valentine
Crane Whitley
Crane Whitley
Robert J. Wilke
Robert J. Wilke
Man in TV Studio
Dave Willock
Dave Willock
Page
Thomas Carr
Thomas Carr
Chester, in New York
Mickey Daniels
Mickey Daniels
Telegram Messenger

Crews

Maxwell Shane
Writer
Stanley Rauh
Additional Writing
John H. Auer
John H. Auer
Director
James Webb
Story
Gordon Kahn
Writer

Backdrops & Posters