The Hurricane
1937 · 1h 44m · Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance · United States of America · Rated U (GB)
South Sea Adventure Calls
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.
Directed by
John FordWritten by
Dudley Nichols6.3Smart score
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accidental deathbased on novel or bookblack and whitecolonial eracolonial justicedisaster movieethical dilemmafidelityfreedomfrench criminal codehoneymoonhurricanejaillaw and ordermarital discordmissionary doctormissionary priestpolynesiansprimitive civilizationprison escaperacial prejudicesadistic guardschoonersharksouth sea islandsouth seastahititold in flashbacktribal peopletropical islandweddingwhite man's burden
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