Fighting Coast Guard

{{short description|1951 film by Joseph Kane}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Fighting Coast Guard

| image = Fighting Coast Guard poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Joseph Kane

| producer = Joseph Kane

| screenplay = Kenneth Gamet

| story = Charles Marquis Warren

| starring = Brian Donlevy
Forrest Tucker
Ella Raines
John Russell
Richard Jaeckel
William Murphy
Martin Milner

| music = David Buttolph

| cinematography = Reggie Lanning

| editing = Arthur Roberts

| studio = Republic Pictures

| distributor = Republic Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1951|6|1}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $532,111{{cite book|title=Kings of the Bs : working within the Hollywood system : an anthology of film history and criticism|year=1975 |publisher=E. P. Dutton |first1=Charles|last1=Flynn|first2=Todd|last2=McCarthy|chapter=The Economic Imperative: Why Was the B Movie Necessary?|editor-first1=Charles|editor-last1=Flynn|editor-first2=Todd|editor-last2=McCarthy|page=28}}

| gross =

}}

Fighting Coast Guard is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines, John Russell, Richard Jaeckel, William Murphy and Martin Milner. The film was released on June 1, 1951, by Republic Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74821/fighting-coast-guard |title=Fighting Coast Guard (1951) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=2015-11-28}}{{cite web|last=Crowther |first=Bosley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A07E0DA153DEF3BBC4A52DFB366838A649EDE |title=Movie Review - Fighting Coast Guard - THE SCREEN; The Coast Guard |work=The New York Times |date=1951-05-12 |access-date=2015-11-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50092 |title=Fighting Coast Guard |publisher=Afi.com |access-date=2015-11-28}}

Plot

Shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, shipyard foreman Bill Rourk is feuding with a former football star, Barney Walker, who now works there. He is romantically attracted to Louise Ryan, an admiral's daughter working as a wartime welder, but she is dating Ian McFarland, a naval commander.

McFarland launches an officers training course once America becomes active in World War II. Bill signs up, but his record is tainted by lies told by Walker. He is also caught out after curfew by the military police, while trying to romance Louise.

Walker is fatally injured in battle and confesses his lies about Bill before dying. When a former shipyard colleague, young Tony Jessup, is stranded and endangered, Bill disobeys orders and heroically tries to save Tony, who dies while being rescued. McFarland commends his bravery, then confides to that his sweetheart, Louise, has fallen in love with Bill.

==Cast==

Reception

Bosley Crowther, critic for The New York Times, wrote, "Directed and played in a florid fashion, this story falls flatly in the class of low-grade adventure fiction that makes neither point nor sense."

References

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