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S.O.S Tidal Wave

S.O.S Tidal Wave

★ 6.8/10•1939•1h 2m•NR•Crime

The March Of Crime! Televised on a coast-to-coast hook-up by an underworld lord whose weapons are the latest wonders of science.

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.

John H. Auer · Director

Gordon Kahn · Writer

Maxwell Shane · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 2m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 2, 1939

Actors

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

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