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Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · 119 min

A lush, old-fashioned Technicolor spectacle of storms, reefs and romantic rivalry, sweeping and earnest with a sudden monster surprise.

Tagline
Cecil B. DeMille's GREATEST TRIUMPH! OUT-THRILLS ALL OTHER SCREEN SPECTACLES!
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • survival
  • greed
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism5
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
adventure, action, romance
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Written by
Jesse Lasky Jr., Alan Le May, Charles Bennett
Starring
Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, John Wayne, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford
Music
Victor Young
Cinematography
William V. Skall, Victor Milner
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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