I have to say that I have never thought highly of Director Andre de Toth and SLATTERY'S HURRICANE certainly does nothing to alter that impression.
In addition to boasting beauties like Veronica Lake and Linda Darnell, the film's best calling card is stock footage of hurricanes over the Miami and Caribbean regions. Richard Widmark, as usual, decides to be the bad boy and punches up his superior to take an aircraft out into a hurricane, looking for its eye.
After some insubordinate behavior that includes disregarding orders from Gary Merrill on the tower to land the plane, Widmark valiantly goes through a series of personal flashbacks over his relationships with Lake, John Russell, and Darnell.
In the end, despite all his tomfoolery and indiscipline, he seems set for another medal, after leaving one in Lake's hands. So much BS deserves a hurricane indeed! 5/10.
In addition to boasting beauties like Veronica Lake and Linda Darnell, the film's best calling card is stock footage of hurricanes over the Miami and Caribbean regions. Richard Widmark, as usual, decides to be the bad boy and punches up his superior to take an aircraft out into a hurricane, looking for its eye.
After some insubordinate behavior that includes disregarding orders from Gary Merrill on the tower to land the plane, Widmark valiantly goes through a series of personal flashbacks over his relationships with Lake, John Russell, and Darnell.
In the end, despite all his tomfoolery and indiscipline, he seems set for another medal, after leaving one in Lake's hands. So much BS deserves a hurricane indeed! 5/10.