WINDJAMMER (1937) George O'Brien, Constance Worth & William Hall | Action, Crime, Drama | B&W

Windjammer is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ewing Scott.

SYNOPSIS
In San Francisco, Bruce Lane, a lawyer, has to serve a summons to a millionaire, Commodore Selby. The latter escapes on a yacht race to Honolulu.

"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, at her blonde, plumpish best) and put to work as galley slaves and such, but it isn't long before O'Brien starts knocking heads, and making the gun-runners wish they had left him swimming.

CAST & CREW
George O'Brien as Bruce Lane
Constance Worth as Betty Selby
William Hall as Captain Morgan
Brandon Evans as Commodore Russell P. Selby
Gavin Gordon as J. Montague Forsythe
Stanley Blystone as Peterson
Lal Chand Mehra as Willy
Ben Hendricks as Dolan
Lee Shumway as Yacht Captain
Frank Hagney as Slum
Sam Flint as Marvin T. Bishop

Directed by Ewing Scott
Written by James Gruen, Roul Haig (as Major Raoul Haig) (story), Daniel Jarrett (screenplay)
Produced by George A. Hirliman
Cinematography Frank B. Good
Edited by Robert O. Crandall
Production company George A. Hirliman Productions
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date August 6, 1937
Running time 60 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
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.