Windjammer

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William Hall, George O'Brien, and Constance Worth in Windjammer (1937)

A lawyer must serve a summons on an elusive millionaire. The man is wanted for testimony by a Senate committee and is about to set sail in a yacht race from San Francisco to Honolulu.A lawyer must serve a summons on an elusive millionaire. The man is wanted for testimony by a Senate committee and is about to set sail in a yacht race from San Francisco to Honolulu.A lawyer must serve a summons on an elusive millionaire. The man is wanted for testimony by a Senate committee and is about to set sail in a yacht race from San Francisco to Honolulu.

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George O'Brien

Bruce Lane

Constance Worth

Betty Selby

William Hall

Captain Morgan

Brandon Evans

Commodore Russell P. Selby

Gavin Gordon

J. Montague Forsythe

Stanley Blystone

Peterson
(as Stan Blystone)

Lal Chand Mehra

Willy

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Dolan
(as Ben Hendricks)

Lee Shumway

Yacht Captain

Frank Hagney

Slum

Sam Flint

Marvin T. Bishop

Al Baffert

Sailor with Cauliflower Ear
(uncredited)

John Bagni

Reporter
(uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Handsome - Signalman
(uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Detective Roberts
(uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Reporter
(uncredited)
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Jerry Frank

Bilgy - Sailor
(uncredited)

Al Herman

Reporter
(uncredited)

Director
- Ewing Scott
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Trivia
This film received its earliest documented telecasts in Washington DC Thursday 8 January 1948 on WMAL (Channel 7), in Lowell MA (serving the Boston Area) Thursday 26 August 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4), in New York City Thursday 2 September 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Cleveland Tuesday 21 September 1948 on WEWS (Channel 5), in Detroit Saturday 13 November 1948 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Los Angeles Saturday 5 February 1949 on KTSL (Channel 2), and in Salt Lake City Sunday 7 August 1949 on KDYL (Channel 4).

Goofs
Bruce flies out to see in a Douglas Dolphin but lands near Lady Betty in an entirely different type of flying boat. The former has its engines mounted above the wing, the latter below the upper wing.

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5/10

A Yaght of Fun!

Short, entertaining sea yarn with George O'Brien as a state attorney general's right hand man sent to serve a subpoena on a tycoon, only to find himself a prisoner along with the millionaire and his daughter aboard the ship of an arms smuggler, bound for Macao. The action is pretty good, along with the characterizations - particularly Hall as the roguish, mad-eyed Capt. Morgan (there even seems to be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the pirate Henry Morgan!) Blond Constance Worth is cute as Betty, playing the she-hates-him/she-loves-him cliché for all it's Worth. Overall a decently spent hour.

5/10 stars, check it out.