Directed by:
Jerry HopperScreenplay:
Frank GruberCinematography:
Ray RennahanComposer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, James Craig, Forrest Tucker, Lyle Bettger, Richard Arlen, Mike Kellin, Henry Brandon, Kim Spalding, Ralph Dumke, Anthony Warde (more)Plots(1)
Surprisingly, the Paramount Technicolor actioner Hurricane Smith was not produced by the studio's Pine-Thomas unit (it sure sounds like one of their efforts), but instead by "outsider" Nat Holt. John Ireland plays the title character, a 19th-century mercenary stranded in the South Seas with his pals McGuire (Forrest Tucker) and Brundage (Richard Arlen). When slavetraders come calling, Smith and his confreres steal the traders' ship and head for Australia, in hopes of searching for buried treasure. To raise some quick money, the trio agrees to rent "their" vessel to scientist Gorvahlsen (James Craig), who brings Dr. Whitmore (Murray Matheson) and the doctor's half-Polynesian daughter Luana (Yvonne DeCarlo) along on a scientific expedition. It gradually dawns on Smith that Gorvahlsen and Whitmore are actually fortune hunters, hoping to claim the treasure for themselves. But which side is the lovely Luana on during the film's unending series of crosses, double-crosses and triple-crosses? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Yvonne De Carlo
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots (1977) (series)
Band of Angels (1957)
John Ireland
Canada
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Red River (1948)
James Craig
USA
Best movies:
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Side Street (1950)
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Forrest Tucker
USA
Best movies:
Katy Caterpillar (1984)
The Yearling (1946)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
Lyle Bettger
USA
Best movies:
All I Desire (1953)
Union Station (1950)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Richard Arlen
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Wings (1927)
The Mountain (1956)
Mike Kellin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Incident (1967)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Henry Brandon
German Empire
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Pony Express (1953)
Kim Spalding
USA
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Gunfighter (1950)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Ralph Dumke
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Anthony Warde
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Stuart Randall
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Cliff Clark
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Emile Meyer
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
King Mojave
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Eric Alden
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Murray Matheson
Australia
Best movies:
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Harvey Parry
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
The Killing (1956)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Leon Lontoc
Philippines
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
The Hunters (1958)