Tornado

1943
Approved
1h 23m

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Pete Ramsey (Morris) is a hard-working coal miner who falls in love with and marries scheming showgirl Victory Kane (Kelly). Victory presses Pete to fight for the position of the mine superi... Read allPete Ramsey (Morris) is a hard-working coal miner who falls in love with and marries scheming showgirl Victory Kane (Kelly). Victory presses Pete to fight for the position of the mine superintendent, which he earns. Unable to bear her poor surroundings and unsatisfied with being ... Read allPete Ramsey (Morris) is a hard-working coal miner who falls in love with and marries scheming showgirl Victory Kane (Kelly). Victory presses Pete to fight for the position of the mine superintendent, which he earns. Unable to bear her poor surroundings and unsatisfied with being a miner's wife, Victory decides to climb the social ladder and have an affair with the wea... Read all

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Chester Morris

Pete Ramsey

Nancy Kelly

Victory Kane

William Henry

Bob Ramsey
(as Bill Henry)

Gwen Kenyon

Sally Vlochek

Joe Sawyer

Charlie Boswell

Marie McDonald

Diana Linden

Morgan Conway

Gary Linden

Nestor Paiva

Big Joe Vlochek

Vince Barnett

Albany Alvin
(uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Miner
(uncredited)

Wade Crosby

Miner
(uncredited)

Clyde Dilson

Nugent
(uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Miner
(uncredited)

Edward Earle

Banker
(uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Old Man Linden
(uncredited)

Regis Toomey

Narrator
(uncredited)

Dave Wengren

Miner
(uncredited)

Director
- William Berke
Writers
- Maxwell Shane
- John Guedel
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The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

Soundtracks
I'm Afraid of You
Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)
Sung by Nancy Kelly (uncredited)

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"You Ever Been In A Twister?!"...

This early entry in the disaster film sub-genre starts out with a bang! We witness a tornado and its path of destruction. Though the twister itself is rather cartoonish, the damage it causes is quite effective.

The scene switches to the days leading up to the storm, and the story of singer, Victoria Kane (Nancy Kelly), and coal miner, Pete Ramsey (Chester Morris). Mining disasters, musical interludes, class warfare, romance, and revenge soon follow.

Like most movies of its type, this one takes its sweet time getting to the titular calamity. Delving into melodrama / soap opera territory, it's easy to forget that there's a tornado in this movie! By the time it arrives, it's almost anticlimactic, with a couple of toy houses collapsing, and everyone getting their just desserts...