Hurricane

• Director: Jerry Jameson
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• Genre: Action
• Movie Type: Disaster Film
• Themes: Forces of Nature
• Release Year: 1974
• Country: US
• Run Time: 78 minutes

Plot

The made-for-TV Hurricane was based on William C. Anderson's novel Hurricane Hunters, which, in turn, was inspired by events surrounding Hurricane Camille in 1969. The scene is Cassler, MS, where a pair of hurricane chasers, patrol-plane pilot Major Stoddard (Martin Milner) and seafarer Paul Damon (Larry Hagman) do their best to rescue the citizens of the community from a devastating storm. Other key characters include: feminist TV weatherperson Lee Jackson (Michael Learned); old-fashioned (but shrewd) meteorologist Dr. McCutcheon (Will Geer); Damon's imperiled wife, Louise (Jessica Walter); and oblivious Bert Pearson (Frank Sutton in his final movie role). Hurricane originally aired September 10, 1974, as the first installment of a brand-new ABC Movie of the Week season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Larry Hagman; Lonny Chapman; Jack Colvin; Patrick Duffy; Charles Lampkin; Michael Learned; Martin Milner; Barry Sullivan; Frank Sutton; Jessica Walter; Will Geer

Credit

Bill Malley - Art Director, Jerry Jameson - Director, Art Seid - Editor, Charles W. Fries - Executive Producer, Vic Mizzy - Composer (Music Score), Matthew Leonetti - Cinematographer, Edward J. Montagne Jr. - Producer, Jack Turley - Screenwriter, William C. Anderson - Book Author

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Earthquake; The Day After Tomorrow; The Towering Inferno

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