Typhoon

Typhoon (1940)

Genres - Drama, Romance, Action, Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - Disaster Film, Romantic Adventure  |   Release Date - May 16, 1940 (USA - Unknown), May 16, 1940 (USA)  |   Run Time - 70 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Typhoon was Paramount's answer to Samuel Goldwyn's The Hurricane, even utilizing the same leading lady, Dorothy Lamour. The film is set in a small island off Dutch Guinea. Two sailors (Robert Preston and Lynne Overman) make the acquaintance of a young white girl (Lamour) who has been living on the island since childhood, the victim of a shipwreck. The Technicolor cameras are given a thorough workout recording not only Lamour's sarong-clad frame and the climactic typhoon, but also an added-attraction forest fire. Incidentally, the working title for Typhoon was The Big Haircut.

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attack, couple, diver, escape, fire, hut, inhabitant, island, land, love, man, native, navigation, Navy, official, plans, pressure, rain, rescue, romance, submarine, tree, typhoon, weather