Slattery's Hurricane is a 1949 drama film based on a story submitted by Herman Wouk to Twentieth Century Fox. The film tells the story of an anti-hero ex-navy pilot who discovers that he works for a dope-smuggling ring, but ultimately attempts to redeem himself during a violent hurricane. It stars Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell and Veronica Lake. Wouk, who also coauthored the screenplay, published a novel of the film in 1956.
A radio adaptation s...
more
Slattery's Hurricane is a 1949 drama film based on a story submitted by Herman Wouk to Twentieth Century Fox. The film tells the story of an anti-hero ex-navy pilot who discovers that he works for a dope-smuggling ring, but ultimately attempts to redeem himself during a violent hurricane. It stars Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell and Veronica Lake. Wouk, who also coauthored the screenplay, published a novel of the film in 1956.
A radio adaptation starring Richard Conte, Maureen O'Hara and Lake was broadcast on Lux Radio Theatre in March 1950.
"...This is a hurricane. Hurricanes are windstorms of great violence several hundred miles in diameter, with a dead calm at the center called the eye. Like whirlpools, they spin rapidly, hurling great destruction in their paths. They're spawned in the doldrums, their father the heat of the sun, their mother the moisture of the sea. From July to December every year, the Caribbean crawls with these evil offspring of the elements..."
Slattery's...
less
