Typhoon Treasure

Typhoon Treasure
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]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 182.

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