Typhoon is a 1940 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Louis King and starring Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren L. Ryder).
Typhoon | |
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Directed by | Louis King |
Produced by | Anthony Veiller |
Screenplay by | Allen Rivkin |
Story by | Steve Fisher |
Starring | Dorothy Lamour Robert Preston |
Music by | Friedrich Hollaender |
Cinematography | Allen M. Davey William C. Mellor |
Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Screenplay
A young girl abandoned on a South Seas island falls in love with a worthless seafarer.
- Dorothy Lamour as Dea
- Robert Preston as Johnny Potter
- Lynne Overman as Skipper Joe
- J. Carrol Naish as Mekaike
- Chief Thundercloud as Kehi
- Frank Reicher as Doctor
- John Rogers as Bar keep
- Paul Harvey as Dea's father
- Norma Gene Nelson as Dea, as a child
- Angelo Cruz as Kehi's bodyguard
- Jack Carson as Mate
- Al Kikume as Cook
- Paul Singh as Kehi's bodyguard