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Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

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

19426.41h 59m

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.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Written by Alan Le May, Thelma Strabel, Charles Bennett
Produced by Cecil B. DeMille
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Top Cast

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

Loxi Claiborne

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Stephen Tolliver

John Wayne

John Wayne

Captain Jack Stuart

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

King Cutler

Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Dan Cutler

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

Captain Phillip Philpott

Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Drusilla Alston

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Mate of the 'Tyfib'

Walter Hampden

Walter Hampden

Commodore Devereaux

Louise Beavers

Louise Beavers

Maum Maria

Themes & Keywords

shipwreckflorida keysromantic rivalryclipper ship19th centurykey westgiant squidscavengers

About Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind is a adventure, action, romance film released in 1942 exploring themes of shipwreck, florida keys, romantic rivalry, clipper ship, 19th century, key west. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, it stars Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, John Wayne. 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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