Reap the Wild Wind
“Cecil B. DeMille's GREATEST TRIUMPH! OUT-THRILLS ALL OTHER SCREEN SPECTACLES!”
Synopsis
In 1840, the Florida Keys were a place of relentless hurricanes in the Caribbean, where salvagers from Key West, including the courageous and striking Loxi Claiborne and her crew, worked aboard fragile schooners to recover the spoils of the wild winds. They braved the jagged reefs, risking their lives to rescue sailors and salvage cargo from shipwrecks caused by the sea's merciless forces.
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Edited by Anne BauchensShot by Victor MilnerScored by Victor Young
Also known as
- Piraten im Karibischen Meerde
- Les Naufrageurs des mers du sudfr
- Vento selvaggioit
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24 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ray Milland
as Stephen Tolliver
John Wayne
as Captain Jack Stuart
Paulette Goddard
as Loxi Claiborne
Raymond Massey
as King Cutler
Robert Preston
as Dan Cutler
Lynne Overman
as Captain Phillip Philpott
Susan Hayward
as Drusilla Alston
Charles Bickford
as Mate of the 'Tyfib'
Walter Hampden
as Commodre Devereaux
Louise Beavers
as Maum Maria
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4Producers
1Other crew
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