S.O.S Tidal Wave

S.O.S Tidal Wave

6.8IMDb Score

Overview:

A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.

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