---
title: 'The Hurricane (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hurricane-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029030/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hurricane (1937)

1937 · 102 min · Drama, Action · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford), [Stuart Heisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-heisler)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bert Glennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-glennon)
- **Editor:** [Lloyd Nosler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-nosler)

## Cast

- [Inez Courtney](https://cinepixo.com/people/inez-courtney)
- [Jon Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-hall)
- [C. Aubrey Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-aubrey-smith)
- [Jerome Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-cowan)
- [William B. Davidson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-b-davidson)
- [Movita Castaneda](https://cinepixo.com/people/movita-castaneda)
- [Dorothy Lamour](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-lamour)
- [Chrispin Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chrispin-martin)
- [Raymond Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-massey)
- [Thomas Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-mitchell)
- [Mary Astor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-astor)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters)

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