Reap the Wild Wind( 1942)

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

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
Dave Wengren
'Claiborne' Lookout
Tony Paton
Cadge
Barbara Britton
Charleston Lady #1
Julia Faye
Charleston Lady #2
Ameda Lambert
Charleston Lady #3
D'Arcy Miller
Charleston Beau #1
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)
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)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sat 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 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 w...