The Hurricane

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.

• based on novel or book
• freedom
• south seas
• hurricane
• honeymoon
• tahiti
• prison escape
• jail
• black and white
• wedding
• accidental death
• shark
• tropical island
• racial prejudice
• white man's burden
• south sea island
• told in flashback
• ethical dilemma
• marital discord
• disaster movie
• colonial era
• missionary priest
• schooner
• tribal people
• fidelity
• primitive civilization
• law and order
• polynesians
• colonial justice
• french criminal code
• missionary doctor
• sadistic guard