Reap the Wild Wind

Name: Reap the Wild Wind
Genre: Adventure, Action, Romance
Released: 1942-03-26
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 6.414

★ 6,4 /10 (64 Votes)

1942 EN 119 min

Overview

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

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26/03/1942

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Cecil B. DeMille's GREATEST TRIUMPH! OUT-THRILLS ALL OTHER SCREEN SPECTACLES!

Genres

Adventure Action Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

119 min

Paulette Goddard

Loxi Claiborne

Ray Milland

Stephen Tolliver

John Wayne

Captain Jack Stuart

Raymond Massey

King Cutler

Robert Preston

Dan Cutler

Lynne Overman

Captain Phillip Philpott

Susan Hayward

Drusilla Alston

Charles Bickford

Mate of the 'Tyfib'

Walter Hampden

Commodore Devereaux

Louise Beavers

Maum Maria

Martha O'Driscoll

Ivy Devereaux

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Claiborne

Hedda Hopper

Aunt Henrietta

Victor Kilian

Widgeon

Oscar Polk

Salt Meat

Janet Beecher

Mrs. Mottram

Ben Carter

Chinkapin

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

The Lamb

Lane Chandler

Sam

Davison Clark

Judge Marvin

Louis Merrill

Captain of the 'Pelican'

Frank M. Thomas

Dr. Jepson

Keith Richards

Captain Carruthers

Victor Varconi

Lubbock

J. Farrell MacDonald

Port Captain

Harry Woods

Mace

Raymond Hatton

Master Shipwright

Milburn Stone

Lieutenant Farragut

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Dave Wengren

'Claiborne' Lookout

Tony Paton

Cadge

Barbara Britton

Charleston Lady #1

Julia Faye

Charleston Lady #2

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Ameda Lambert

Charleston Lady #3

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D'Arcy Miller

Charleston Beau #1

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Bruce Warren

Charleston Beau #2

Cecil B. DeMille

Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Turnkey (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Snaith (uncredited)

James Flavin

Girl's Father (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Bosco (uncredited)

Mildred Harris

Dancing Lady (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Tea Guest (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)

Florence Wix

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Bixby (uncredited)

Ynez Seabury

Ball Guest

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Ripping Yarns! Reap the Wild Wind is directed by Cecil B. DeMille and is adapted collectively to screenplay by Alan Le May, Charles Bennett and Jesse Lasky Jr. from a Saturday Evening Post story written by Thelma Strabel. It stars John Wayne, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward and Lynne Overman. Music is by Victor Young and cinematography is shared between Victor Milner and William V. Skall. The Florida Keys in the 1840s, hurricanes are rife and the salvagers of Key West rush to the frail schooners to claim salvage rights... Whilst not up …

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The last twenty minutes or so go some way to redeeming this otherwise rather meandering romantic drama that has a cast that looks good on paper but is much less effective on screen. John Wayne ("Jack Stuart") is the captain who has just lost his ship after it was wrecked on a dangerous reef by men allegedly working for Raymond Massey ("King Cutler"). His boss Walter Hampden ("Commodore Devereaux") is less than impressed and Duke is demoted and ordered to take Ray Milland ("Tolliver") to Key West. Meantime, the feisty Paulette Goddard ("Loxi") who is all but engaged to "Stuart" arrives on the s…

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