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11/08/1949 Adventure, Drama 1h 27m
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The storm centre of thrills!

Overview

A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.

  1. André de Toth

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Richard Widmark

    Lt. Willard Francis Slattery

  2. Linda Darnell

    Mrs. Aggie Hobson

  3. Veronica Lake

    Dolores Grieves

  4. John Russell

    Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson

  5. Gary Merrill

    Cmdr E.T. Kramer

  6. Walter Kingsford

    R.J. Milne

  7. Raymond Greenleaf

    Adm. William F. Ollenby

  8. Stanley Waxman

    Frank

  9. Joe De Santis

    Gregory (as Joseph De Santis)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-22
After a brief meteorology lesson on just what causes hurricanes, we start with a pilot coshing his mate and stealing a plane. Sadly, that's about as exciting as this gets as we discover that the pilot is WWII veteran "Slattery" (Richard Widmark) who has been quite happily flying around Florida delivering what needs delivering - regardless of what it is! Anyway, as he powers through the sky and into the path of the eponymous storm, he starts to have flashbacks of just what led him to his current predicament. That's where we come in. We get to share those memories as his fairly selfish behaviour...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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