Hurricane Smith 1952 Hurricane Smith and his marooned sailors escape from a South Seas island by stealing the ship of Capt Raikes whos come to the island in search of slaves Smith sails the ship to Australia where he charters it to Harry Gorvahlsen and Dr Whitmore who claim to be studying flora and fauna To fill out his crew, Smith shanghais Capt Raikes who, by this time, has also made his way to Australia During the course of the voyage, it becomes clear that Gorvahlsen and Whitmore are actually in search of a cache of gold thats been hidden on a South Seas island Smith also seeks this gold, which he considers his own, as does Capt Raikes Complicating this 3 way rivalry is a growing shipboard romance between Smith and Dr Whitmores beautiful daughter, Luana Events reach a violent climax when the treasure island is finally reached