Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
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.
Director:
Cecil B. DeMille
Writers:
Alan Le May, Charles Bennett, Jesse Lasky Jr..
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Paulette Goddard as Loxi Claiborne |
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Ray Milland as Stephen Tolliver |
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John Wayne as Captain Jack Stuart |
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Raymond Massey as King Cutler |
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Robert Preston as Dan Cutler |
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Lynne Overman as Captain Phillip Philpott |
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Susan Hayward as Drusilla Alston |
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Charles Bickford as Mate of the 'Tyfib' |
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Walter Hampden as Commodore Devereaux |
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Louise Beavers as Maum Maria |
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Martha O'Driscoll as Ivy Devereaux |
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Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Claiborne |
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Hedda Hopper as Aunt Henrietta |
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Victor Kilian as Widgeon |
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Oscar Polk as Salt Meat |
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Janet Beecher as Mrs. Mottram |
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Ben Carter as Chinkapin |
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William 'Wee Willie' Davis as The Lamb |
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Lane Chandler as Sam |
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Davison Clark as Judge Marvin |
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Louis Merrill as Captain of the 'Pelican' |
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Frank M. Thomas as Dr. Jepson |
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Keith Richards as Captain Carruthers |
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Victor Varconi as Lubbock |
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J. Farrell MacDonald as Port Captain |
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Harry Woods as Mace |
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Raymond Hatton as Master Shipwright |
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Milburn Stone as Lieutenant Farragut |
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Dave Wengren as 'Claiborne' Lookout |
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Tony Paton as Cadge |
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Barbara Britton as Charleston Lady #1 |
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Julia Faye as Charleston Lady #2 |
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Ameda Lambert as Charleston Lady #3 |
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D'Arcy Miller as Charleston Beau #1 |
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Bruce Warren as Charleston Beau #2 |
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Cecil B. DeMille as Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited) |
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Stanley Andrews as Turnkey (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Astor as Ball Guest (uncredited) |
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Frank Ferguson as Snaith (uncredited) |
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James Flavin as Girl's Father (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hamilton as Bosco (uncredited) |
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Mildred Harris as Dancing Lady (uncredited) |
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Sam Harris as Tea Guest (uncredited) |
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Leota Lorraine as Ball Guest (uncredited) |
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Akim Tamiroff as The Lamb (uncredited) (voice) |
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Florence Wix as Ball Guest (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger as Bixby (uncredited) |
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Ynez Seabury as Ball Guest |
| Directing | Cecil B. DeMille | Director |
| Writing | Thelma Strabel | Story |
| Writing | Alan Le May | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charles Bennett | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jesse Lasky Jr. | Screenplay |
| Production | Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | William V. Skall | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Production | William H. Pine | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Anne Bauchens | Editor |
| Art | Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Directing | Arthur Rosson | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Dewey Wrigley | Underwater Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Gordon Jennings | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | W. L. Pereira | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Cope | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Natalie Kalmus | Color Designer |
| Crew | Jeanie Macpherson | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Thelma Strabel | Treatment |
| Production | Buddy G. DeSylva | Executive Producer |
| Art | George Sawley | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalie Visart | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Max Asher | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles Gemora | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alice Ribald | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leonora Sabine | Hair Supervisor |
| Production | Frank Caffey | Unit Manager |
| Production | Harvey Dwight | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Production | Curtis Mick | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Chico Alonso | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Art Camp | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | C. Kenneth Deland | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Clem Jones | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Howard Joslin | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Edward Salven | Assistant Director |
| Art | Russ Brown | Props |
| Art | Carl Coleman | Props |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lorne Holmes | Greensman |
| Art | Jack Wilson | Painter |
| Art | Harold Worthington | Props |
| Crew | Louis Mesenkop | Special Sound Effects |
| Crew | Edward Overstreet | Special Effects |
| Crew | Barney Wolff | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Jan Domela | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Paul K. Lerpae | Visual Effects |
| Crew | George Bruggeman | Stunts |
| Crew | Vic Chatten | Stunts |
| Crew | Jimmy Dime | Stunts |
| Crew | Biddle Dorsey | Stunts |
| Crew | Jimmie Dundee | Stunts |
| Crew | Lila Finn | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Graham | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank Hagney | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hamilton | Stunts |
| Crew | George Magrill | Stunts |
| Crew | Carl Mathews | Stunts |
| Crew | Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Crew | Houghton Ralph | Stunts |
| Crew | Ray Spiker | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Stader | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Stoney | Stunts |
| Crew | Dale Van Sickel | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Wells | Stunts |
| Crew | Henry Wills | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Zendar | Stunts |
| Camera | Dewey Wrigley | Underwater Camera |
| Camera | Murray Young | Grip |
| Camera | Fritz Brosch | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Andrew J. Durkus | Grip |
| Camera | Jack Haring | Grip |
| Camera | Coley Kessinger | Grip |
| Camera | Jack Lethman | Grip |
| Camera | Roger Mace | Camera Technician |
| Camera | James V. Murray | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | William Rand | Camera Operator |
| Camera | G.E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Cliff Shirpser | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | R. Doney | Wardrobe Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dwight Franklin | Wardrobe Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lois Jessen | Wardrobe Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Kaplan | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | LeVaughn Larson | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edna Shotwell | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pat Williams | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | Norman Lacey | Location Manager |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Walter Scharf | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Al Latta | Driver |
| Crew | Sid Davis | Stand In |
| Crew | Sam Ledner | Choreographer |