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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

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 | Comment

Tepid hokum adventure tale from Cecil B. De Mille.

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

Tepid DeMille spectacle enlivened by a giant squid.

February 12, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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

October 23, 2002 Comment
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

...old fashioned, high-spirited hokum.

April 16, 2002 Comment
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
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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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jay nixon

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