Windjammer
5.6
“Mighty Adventure . . . Glorious Romance !”
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.
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George O'Brien
Bruce Lane
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Iron Horse
Constance Worth
Betty Selby
Also in
China Passage
Meet Boston Blackie
William Hall
Captain Morgan
Known for
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Time of Their Lives
Brandon Evans
Commodore Russell P. Selby
Also in
Moon Over Manhattan
Gavin Gordon
J. Montague Forsythe
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
The Bat
Stanley Blystone
Peterson
Known for
Modern Times
Dark Command
Lal Chand Mehra
Willy
Known for
Hellfighters
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Dolan
Known for
Rain
Lee Shumway
Yacht Captain
Also in
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Widow from Chicago
Frank Hagney
Slum
Also in
It's a Wonderful Life
Zombies of Mora Tau
Sam Flint
Marvin T. Bishop
Known for
Batman
Somewhere in the Night
Ewing Scott Director · James Gruen Screenplay Daniel Jarrett Screenplay
United States release August 6, 1937 · Produced in United States · Production RKO Radio Pictures
Production
George A. Hirliman Productions
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
United States
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 6, 1937
Theatrical
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