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The Hurricane

The Hurricane

6.8/ 10

TMDB Rating

51

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1937

Release Year

104 min

Runtime

Action
Adventure
Drama
Romance

Overview

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.

Keywords

based on novel or book
freedom
south seas
hurricane
honeymoon
tahiti
prison escape
jail
black and white
wedding
accidental death
shark
tropical island
racial prejudice
white man's burden
south sea island
told in flashback
ethical dilemma
marital discord
disaster movie
colonial era
missionary priest
schooner
tribal people
fidelity
primitive civilization
law and order
polynesians
colonial justice
french criminal code
missionary doctor
sadistic guard

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7.0avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 20, 2022

7
7/10

This is all about the last ten minutes - and those largely forgive the preceding 100 which produce a rather dull, south seas melodrama as Jon Hall "Terangi" is imprisoned for defending himself against a bully. The intransigent French Colonial Governor "DeLaage" (a suitably maniacal Daniel Massey) ma

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