The Hurricane

1937
Approved
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane (1937)

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Action Adventure Drama Romance

A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

3.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Arai
(as Movita Castenada)

Lei Aloha

Native
(uncredited)

Lionel Braham

The Governor
(uncredited)

John Casey

Native
(uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Judge
(uncredited)

Anne Chevalier

Reri
(uncredited)

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Trivia
According to Life Magazine, special effects wizard James Basevi was given a budget of $400,000 to create his effects. He spent $150,000 to build a native village with a lagoon 200 yards long, and then spent $250,000 destroying it.

Goofs
As the the hurricane bears down on the church with its flooding fury, some of the native islanders choose to escape the failing structure by making their way out clinging to a tied off rope. As one of the huge waves hits the rope, a couple of the women islanders get flipped over and appear to be drowning. During the flip, one of the women's sarong top gets pulled down from the special effects wave and for a split second there is a bare breast exposure which the censors didn't catch.

Quotes
DeLaage: You helped Terangi? My own priest?
Father Paul: I'm his priest too!
DeLaage: You helped a murderer!
Father Paul: I aided a man whose heart is innocent.
DeLaage: You've given aid to anarchy and bloodshed!
Father Paul: I'll answer for it.

Connections
Featured in Movies Are Adventure (1948)

Soundtracks
Moon of Manakoora
(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Alfred Newman
Main theme played throughout the film

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Featured review

7/10

Here comes the big blow!

Some parts are terribly corny with dialog handed to the actors in the form of declamations but overall a well directed and enjoyable film. The picture doesn't require any heavy lifting dramatically but Hall is fine in the lead, certainly a dashing protagonist and Dorothy of course looks great in her sarong. It's the supporting cast, a collection of dynamite character actors, that make this memorable. Any movie lucky enough to have Mary Astor, Thomas Mitchell, Jerome Cowan, Raymond Massey and John Carradine contributing their individual presence is worth seeing if only for them but this has good special effects, for the time, and a fun story to boot.