Hurricane | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Hurricane Hunters 1974 novel by William Charles Anderson |
Story by | Jack Turley |
Directed by | Jerry Jameson |
Starring | Larry Hagman Martin Milner Jessica Walter Will Geer Michael Learned Barry Sullivan Frank Sutton |
Music by | Vic Mizzy |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Charles W. Fries |
Producer | Edward Montagne |
Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
Editor | Art Seid |
Running time | 74 min. |
Production companies | Montagne Productions Metromedia Producers Corporation |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 10, 1974 |
Hurricane is a 1974 American TV film. It was an ABC Movie of the Week.
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The Los Angeles Times called it "a mediocre disaster movie". [1]
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