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1940 film

Typhoon
Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston in Typhoon
Directed by	Louis King
Screenplay by	Allen Rivkin
Story by	Steve Fisher
Produced by	Anthony Veiller
Starring	Dorothy Lamour Robert Preston
Cinematography	Allen M. Davey William C. Mellor
Edited by	Alma Macrorie
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	April 25, 1940 (1940-04-25) (Honolulu, Hawaii) May 17, 1940 (1940-05-17) (United States)
Running time	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).

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

"The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

External links

Typhoon at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Louis King
Peaceful Peters (1922) The Law Rustlers (1923) Spawn of the Desert (1923) The Slingshot Kid (1927) The Boy Rider (1927) Rough Ridin' Red (1928) Terror Mountain (1928) The Fightin' Redhead (1928) Orphan of the Sage (1928) The Little Buckaroo (1928) Young Whirlwind (1928) The Pinto Kid (1928) The Bantam Cowboy (1928) The Freckled Rascal (1929) The Vagabond Cub (1929) The Lone Rider (1930) The Fighting Sheriff (1931) Desert Vengeance (1931) The County Fair (1932) Drifting Souls (1932) The Arm of the Law (1932) Robbers' Roost (1932) Life in the Raw (1933) Murder in Trinidad (1934) Pursued (1934) Bachelor of Arts (1934) Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) Special Investigator (1936) Bengal Tiger (1936) That Man's Here Again (1937) Melody for Two (1937) Draegerman Courage (1937) Wild Money (1937) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) Wine, Women and Horses (1937) Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) Tip-Off Girls (1938) Hunted Men (1938) Prison Farm (1938) Illegal Traffic (1938) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938) Persons in Hiding (1939) Undercover Doctor (1939) Seventeen (1940) Typhoon (1940) The Way of All Flesh (1940) Moon Over Burma (1940) Young America (1942) Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943) Ladies of Washington (1944) Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) Smoky (1946) Thunder in the Valley (1947) Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) Sand (1949) Mrs. Mike (1949) Frenchie (1950) The Lion and the Horse (1952) Powder River (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) Dangerous Mission (1954) Massacre (1956)

Films directed by Louis King

Peaceful Peters (1922)
The Law Rustlers (1923)
Spawn of the Desert (1923)
The Slingshot Kid (1927)
The Boy Rider (1927)
Rough Ridin' Red (1928)
Terror Mountain (1928)
The Fightin' Redhead (1928)
Orphan of the Sage (1928)
The Little Buckaroo (1928)
Young Whirlwind (1928)
The Pinto Kid (1928)
The Bantam Cowboy (1928)
The Freckled Rascal (1929)
The Vagabond Cub (1929)
The Lone Rider (1930)
The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
Desert Vengeance (1931)
The County Fair (1932)
Drifting Souls (1932)
The Arm of the Law (1932)
Robbers' Roost (1932)
Life in the Raw (1933)
Murder in Trinidad (1934)
Pursued (1934)
Bachelor of Arts (1934)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Special Investigator (1936)
Bengal Tiger (1936)
That Man's Here Again (1937)
Melody for Two (1937)
Draegerman Courage (1937)
Wild Money (1937)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Hunted Men (1938)
Prison Farm (1938)
Illegal Traffic (1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
Persons in Hiding (1939)
Undercover Doctor (1939)
Seventeen (1940)
Typhoon (1940)
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
Moon Over Burma (1940)
Young America (1942)
Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
Ladies of Washington (1944)
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945)
Smoky (1946)
Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Sand (1949)
Mrs. Mike (1949)
Frenchie (1950)
The Lion and the Horse (1952)
Powder River (1953)
Sabre Jet (1953)
Dangerous Mission (1954)
Massacre (1956)

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