Typhoon

Captain Tom MacWhirr, with his bowler hat and umbrella, is in command of a steamship, flying the Siamese flag. A seaman of long standing, he is, however, very stubborn and rather stupid: one would see him better as a gray, unimaginative clerk than as an adventurous wolf on the seas of the East. For him, things have to be done a certain way, always that way, and there are no exceptions, cleverness or shortcuts that matter. So when a storm approaches on the horizon, the man stubbornly decides...