Typhoon (1940 film)
{{short description|1940 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Typhoon
| image = Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston in 'Typhoon', 1940 (2).jpg
| caption = Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston in Typhoon
| director = Louis King
| producer = Anthony Veiller
| writer =
| screenplay = Allen Rivkin
| story = Steve Fisher
| starring = Dorothy Lamour
Robert Preston
| music = Friedrich Hollaender
| cinematography = Allen M. Davey
William C. Mellor
| editing = Alma Macrorie
| studio = Paramount Pictures
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{film date|1940|4|25|Honolulu, Hawaii|1940|5|17|United States}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Typhoon is a 1940 American Technicolor south seas adventure film directed by Louis King and starring Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects (Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren L. Ryder).{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941 |title=The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners |access-date=June 19, 2013 |work=oscars.org}}
Plot
A young girl abandoned on a South Seas island falls in love with a worthless seafarer.
Cast
- 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
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0033196|title=Typhoon}}
{{Louis King}}
Category:American adventure films
Category:Films directed by Louis King
Category:Films scored by Friedrich Hollaender
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language adventure films
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