The Storm (1938)
Género : Acción, Aventura, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 18M
Director : Harold Young
Escritor : Daniel Moore, Hugh King, Theodore Reeves
Sinopsis
A passenger ship unexpectedly runs into a typhoon.
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The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which five of the students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium.
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La historia tiene lugar en una isla remota, en la víspera del festival cultural de un instituto. Un chico deja el béisbol después de estar jugando toda su vida y se pelea con su mejor amigo. Es entonces cuando conocen a una misteriosa chica de ojos rojos llamada Noruda, poco antes de que un enorme tifón llegue hasta el instituto.
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