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.

Typhoon (1940 film)

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

External links

1940 films

1940 adventure films

American adventure films

Films directed by Louis King

Films scored by Friedrich Hollaender

Paramount Pictures films

1940s English-language films

1940s American films

English-language adventure films

Typhoon (1940 film)