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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

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

6.4/10 1h 59m Mar 26, 1942
Adventure Action Romance

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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Movie Details

Original Title Reap the Wild Wind
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 4.6

Cast

Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard
Loxi Claiborne
Popularity: 0.5
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
Stephen Tolliver
Popularity: 1.2
John Wayne
John Wayne
Captain Jack Stuart
Popularity: 1.8
Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey
King Cutler
Popularity: 0.7
Robert Preston
Robert Preston
Dan Cutler
Popularity: 0.8
Lynne Overman
Lynne Overman
Captain Phillip Philpott
Popularity: 0.4
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
Drusilla Alston
Popularity: 3.1
Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford
Mate of the 'Tyfib'
Popularity: 7.0
Walter Hampden
Walter Hampden
Commodore Devereaux
Popularity: 8.3
Louise Beavers
Louise Beavers
Maum Maria
Popularity: 0.4
Martha O'Driscoll
Martha O'Driscoll
Ivy Devereaux
Popularity: 0.3
Elisabeth Risdon
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Claiborne
Popularity: 0.6

Key Crew

Screenplay Jesse Lasky Jr., Charles Bennett, Alan Le May
Director Cecil B. DeMille
Producer Cecil B. DeMille
Editor Anne Bauchens
Executive Producer Buddy G. DeSylva

Production

Paramount Pictures
US

Videos & Trailers

“Giant Squid”
“Giant Squid”
Clip
Re-release Trailer
Re-release Trailer
Trailer
“Fight on the Boat!”
“Fight on the Boat!”
Clip

Image Gallery

Backdrops
Backdrop Image
Backdrop Image

Keywords

shipwreck florida keys romantic rivalry clipper ship 19th century key west giant squid scavengers

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 7/10
May 16, 2020

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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jun 26, 2022

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 a ... Read more

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Details
Release Date March 26, 1942
Runtime 1h 59m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 4.6
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