Windjammer

Windjammer

Mighty Adventure . . . Glorious Romance !

1937 · 60 min · ★ 5.7 · Action, Adventure

The fourth and last of the George A. Hirliman-produced films starring George O'Brien (preceded by "Daniel Boone", "Park Avenue Logger" and "Hollywood Cowboy") that were distributed by RKO Radio. Hirliman sold O'Brien's contract to RKO, which then produced 18 series westerns starring O'Brien that ended when O'Brien went into the Navy at the outbreak of WW II. Long-time (past and future) O'Brien director David Howard served as Hirliman's Associate Producer on this film. "Windjammer" finds O'Brien as a subpoena server ordered to serve a subpoena on Brandon Evans (The Commondore) for a senate inquiry or lose his job. Posing as a playboy, he boards the Commodore's yacht during a yacht race, and the yacht is wrecked by a gun-running windjammer commanded by Captain Morgan (William Hall.) All hands are picked up by the windjammer, including the Commodore's daughter (played by Constance Worth) and put to work as galley slaves.

Directed by Ewing Scott · Written by Roul Haig

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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
Lal Chand Mehra Willy
Ben Hendricks Jr. Dolan
Lee Shumway Yacht Captain
Frank Hagney Slum
Sam Flint Marvin T. Bishop

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