Typhoon Treasure | |
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Directed by | Noel Monkman |
Written by | John P. McLeod |
Starring | Campbell Copelin Gwen Munro Joe Valli |
Cinematography | George Malcolm Harry Malcolm Bruce A. Cummings (underwater) |
Studio | Commonwealth Film Laboratories |
Release date(s) | 1938 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Typhoon Treasure is a 1938 Australian adventure film directed by Noel Monkman set in New Guinea although shot on the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland coast. Underwater scenes were shot on Green Island.
The story is about Alan Richards (Campbell Copelin), the sole survivor of a pearling lugger which has been shipwrecked, determined to recover some missing pearls.
A shortened version of the film screened in England as The Perils of Pakema Reef.[1]