Starring Ralph Byrd, George Barbier, Kay Sutton, Frank Jenks, Marc Lawrence, Don 'Red'

Barry

Directed by John H. Auer



Print: black/white

Runtime: 62 min.

Genre: drama

Print Quality: B



Stalwart Republic contractee Ralph Byrd wades through a sea of stock footage in SOS-Tidal

Wave. Byrd is cast as Jeff Shannon, a hotshot television commentator who goes after a

corrupt political machine. When Shannon refuses to be dissuaded by bribes or threats, the

villains promise dire consequences for his wife Laurel (Kay Sutton) and son Buddy (Mickey

Kuhn) if he doesn't lay off. As a last-ditch measure, the head crook (Marc Lawrence) uses

TV technology to scare away voters on election day by faking a devastating tidal wave

which supposedly engulfs the city. The spectacularly soggy special-effects climax of

SOS-Tidal Wave was lifted in toto from the 1933 fantasy feature Deluge.