The Hurricane (1937 film)

The Hurricane
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Directed by	John Ford
Written by	Dudley Nichols Oliver H.P. Garrett
Based on	The Hurricane (novel) by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Dorothy Lamour Jon Hall Mary Astor C. Aubrey Smith Thomas Mitchell Raymond Massey John Carradine Jerome Cowan
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Edited by	Lloyd Nosler
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 9, 1937 (1937-11-09)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million (estimated)
Box office	$3.2 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

The Hurricane is a 1937 film set in the South Seas, directed by John Ford and produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, about a Polynesian who is unjustly imprisoned. The climax features a "hurricane" generated through special effects. It stars Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall, with Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, John Carradine, and Jerome Cowan. James Norman Hall, Jon Hall's uncle, co-wrote the novel of the same name on which The Hurricane is based.