The Hurricane (1937)

Director: John Ford
Cast: C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Lamour, Jerome Cowan, John Carradine, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, Raymond Massey, Thomas Mitchell

Synopsis:

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he’s unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.