John Ford - The Hurricane [1937]

Framed in a flashback related by doctor Thomas Mitchell, The Hurricane is in essence the story of a struggle between individual freedom and colonial oppression. Jon Hall plays Terangi, a tempestuous native of the French-controlled island of Manakoora. After marrying childhood sweetheart Marama (Dorothy Lamour, saronged as usual), Terangi takes a job on a ship. While docked in Tahiti, Teragni is goaded into a fight by a white man-an offense punishable by a stiff prison term. French governor DeLaage (Raymond Massey) has nothing personal against the native, but he is dedicated to upholding the strict letter of the law. Even the appeals made on behalf of Terangi by doctor Mitchell, priest C. Aubrey Smith, ship's captain Jerome Cowan and the governor's own wife (Mary Astor) fail to weaken DeLaage's resolve to do his duty. Thus begins a chain of events that entangles the freedom-loving Terangi in the impenetable web of white "justice". Time and again Terangi escapes from prison, only to be recaptured and sentenced to longer and longer terms. Finally managing to make his way back to Manakoora -- and killing a prison guard in the process -- Terangi continues to be doggedly pursued by DeLaage. Just as Terangi is about to sail off to parts unknown in an outrigger canoe with Marama and their child, the hurricane begins. At the risk of his own life, and his freedom, Terangi rescue DeLaage's wife and several other storm refugees. Largely the handiwork of art director James Basevi, the hurricane of The Hurricane was not directed by the film's official helmsman John Ford, but by an uncredited Stuart Heisler -- a fact readily acknowledged by Ford. Adapted by Dudley Nichols and Oliver H. P. Garrett from a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, The Hurricane was poorly remade in 1979 with Jason Robards and Mia Farrow in the Raymond Massey and Mary Astor roles. General Complete name : The Hurricane.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 697 MiB Duration : 1h 43mn Overall bit rate : 939 Kbps Writing application : Nandub v1.0rc2 Writing library : Nandub build 1853/release Video #0 ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263) Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 1h 43mn Bit rate : 850 Kbps Width : 512 pixels Height : 384 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Resolution : 24 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.180 Stream size : 631 MiB (91%) Audio #1 ID : 1 Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Codec ID : 55 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 1h 43mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 76.2 Kbps Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Resolution : 16 bits Stream size : 56.6 MiB (8%) Alignment : Aligned on interleaves Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 493 ms IMDB: tt0029030 English audio; English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles

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thegoddamnbatman (2010-02-28)

A John Ford classic with terrific special effects! Thanks!