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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

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Cecil B. DeMille's Technicolor historical spectacle Reap the Wild Wind was to have starred Gary Cooper, but Cooper's prior commitment to Goldwyn's Pride of the Yankees compelled DeMille to recast the leading role with John Wayne. The film, set in the mid-19th century, centers around Key West, Florida, where piracy reigns unchecked and steam engines are beginning to replace tall ships. Jack Stuart (Wayne) is a sea captain who crashes his vessel on the shoals of Key West. Loxi Claiborne (Paulette

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Alan LeMay, Charles Bennett, Jeanie Macpherson

Dec 15, 1998

MCA Universal Home Video

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A product of its time, DeMille's epic spectacle has preposterous plot but the undersea effects are good and so are the performances; hard to believe but Ray Milland was bigger name than Wayne, who gets second billing and deviates from his screen image

May 9, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Tepid hokum adventure tale from Cecil B. De Mille.

October 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Tepid DeMille spectacle enlivened by a giant squid.

February 12, 2003
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Another overblown Cecil B. DeMille "epic." One of his lesser efforts.

October 23, 2002
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

...old fashioned, high-spirited hokum.

April 16, 2002
John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis
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I haven't watched many John Wayne films on DVD, mostly growing up and seeing them on TV, So this is a first. I don't think that the Duke was the main actor in this movie, think Ray Miland was Billed as Top Actor, but as The Duke rose to stardom, I think things changed. This is a Technicolor classic, and I still say that Technicolor was way ahead of its time and looks so much brighter then anything we have today. John Wayne plays Captain Jack Stuart pretty much a washed up ships captain because of sabotage within his own crew, but he falls in love with Susan Hayward who brings out the best in any man. A true Sea worthy adventure. Good classic to add to the collection, but only 3 stars.
March 22, 2010
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Bruce Bruce

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Florid, over the top De Mille epic, is there any other kind?
The technicolor is vivid, the costumes are beautiful and the acting is enjoyably over the top, with the exception of Susan Hayward who, honey chile accent notwithstanding,
gives a sweet, real performance amongst all the scenery chewing.
October 22, 2008
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