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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

Unrated, 2 hr. 3 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille

Written By: Alan LeMay, Charles Bennett, Jeanie Macpherson

On DVD: Dec 15, 1998

MCA Universal Home Video

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Cast

Ray Milland
Stephen Tolliver
John Wayne
Capt. Jack Stuart
Paulette Goddard
Loxi Claiborne
Raymond Massey
King Cutler
Robert Preston
Dan Cutler
Susan Hayward
Drusilla Alston
Lynne Overman
Capt. Phillip Philpott
Charles Bickford
Bully Brown Mate of the...
Walter Hampden
Commodore Devereaux
Martha O'Driscoll
Ivy Devereaux
Louise Beavers
Maum Maria
Elizabeth Risdon
Mrs. Claiborne
Hedda Hopper
Aunt Henrietta Beresfor...
Keith Richards (II)
Capt. Carruthers
Oscar Polk
Salt Meat
William "Wee Willie" Davi...
The Lamb
Lane Chandler
Sam
Davison Clark
Judge Marvin
Frank M. Thomas
Dr. Jepson
Milburn Stone
Lt. Farragut
Ben Carter
Chinkapin
Richard Alexander
Stoker Boss
C.E. Anderson
Cap Anderson
Member of Jury
Stanley Andrews
Bailiff
Sam Appel
Member of Jury
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Mottram
Monte Blue
Officer at tea
Al Bridge
Cutler man in barrel ro...
Barbara Britton
Charleston Lady
Wheaton Chambers
Jimmie Dundee
Galley Growler
Billy Elmer
Member of Jury
Julia Faye
Charleston Lady
Al Ferguson
Cutler Men in Barrel Ro...
Frank Ferguson
Snaith Cutler's Co-Coun...
James Flavin
Father of girl
Sam Flint
Surgeon
Byron Foulger
Bixby emissary
Fred Graham
Jake
William Haade
Seaman 1st Wreck
Mildred Harris
Dancing Lady
Raymond Hatton
Master Shipwright
Victor Kilian
Widgeon
Frank Lackteen
Cutler man
Ameda Lambert
Charleston lady
Jack Luden
Southern gentleman at t...
John Farrell MacDonald
Port Captain
Claire McDowell
Ettie
Lou Merrill
Captain of the "Pelican...
Darcy Miller
Charleston Beaux
Nestor Paiva
Man with Suspenders
Tony Paton
Cadge
George H. Reed
Servant at Mottram Hous...
Constantine Romanoff
Pete Sponge Boat
John St. Polis
Devereaux Agent
Dorothy Sebastian
Woman in ballroom
Dale Van Sickel
Roy "Falcon" sailor
Victor Varconi
Lubbock
Bruce Warren
Charleston Gentleman
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Devereaux secretary
Harry Woods
Mace
Dutch Hendrian
Mate of Packet
Dave Wengren
Claiborne Lookout
Leo Sulky
Eugene Jackson
Dr. Jepson's Boy
Frank Richards
Cutler man
Keith Richards (I)

Critic Reviews for Reap the Wild Wind

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (3) | DVD (4)

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

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Emanuel Levy

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Tepid hokum adventure tale from Cecil B. De Mille.

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

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Tepid DeMille spectacle enlivened by a giant squid.

February 12, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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

October 23, 2002 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

...old fashioned, high-spirited hokum.

April 16, 2002 Comment

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

March 22, 2010

Bruce Bruce

Super Reviewer

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

jay nixon

Super Reviewer

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