| 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 |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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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.