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Reap the Wild Wind

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6.4/10 • 55

1942-03-261h 59m

AdventureActionRomance

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

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.

Directors
Cecil B. DeMille
Editors
Anne Bauchens

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Paulette Goddard

    Paulette Goddard

    Loxi Claiborne

  2. Ray Milland

    Ray Milland

    Stephen Tolliver

  3. John Wayne

    John Wayne

    Captain Jack Stuart

  4. Raymond Massey

    Raymond Massey

    King Cutler

  5. Robert Preston

    Robert Preston

    Dan Cutler

  6. Lynne Overman

    Lynne Overman

    Captain Phillip Philpott

  7. Susan Hayward

    Susan Hayward

    Drusilla Alston

  8. Charles Bickford

    Charles Bickford

    Mate of the 'Tyfib'

  9. Walter Hampden

    Walter Hampden

    Commodore Devereaux

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John Chard

May 16, 2020

7/10

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 with the best of DeMille's epics, this is however a joyous romp of a high seas adventure. A top notch cast line up for some period flavours that is unfurled in glorious over saturated Technicolor. We have a rocky love triangle, dastardly villains with dishonesty poring from every bead of sweat, sword play, fisticuffs, fogs and a giant squid! and it even has time to be a court room drama as well. In short it is a ripping sea faring yarn. The budget was considerable and DeMille ensures it was lavishly spent, and thus the pic was a box office winner and an Academy Award Winner for special effects. It's a touch too long, and gets a little bogged down in the mid-section, but entering the home straight it pulls itself back up and ends briskly, with Duke Wayne splendidly rounding off an interesting characterisation. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
shipwreckflorida keysromantic rivalryclipper ship19th centurykey westgiant squidscavengers