Reap the Wild Wind

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

Jun 4 1942 Approved 2h 3m
Action, Adventure, Drama

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.

Plot

Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on the shoals of Key West in the 1840s. Salvaging the ships' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies -- one headed by a feisty young woman. Then she falls in love with the captain of a wrecked ship while he recuperates at her home. She travels to Charleston and is charming to the man most likely to be head of the captain's company, thinking she will be able to get the captain the position he wants on the company's first steam ship.

Written by

Alan Le May, Charles Bennett, Jesse Lasky Jr.

Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Cast

Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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