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1942 adventure color film made in USA

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Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 American adventure film directed by and produced by Cecil B. DeMille. The screenplay was written by Charles Bennett, Alan Le May, Jeanie MacPherson, and Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. The cast includes Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, and Robert Preston. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.

The narrative is set in Florida and focuses on seamanship. It was filmed in Santa Monica and released in the United States. The runtime is listed as 119 minutes or 123 minutes. The film features music by Victor Young and editing by Anne Bauchens. It has received review scores of 6/10, 80%, 6.418, and 6.6.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Reap the Wild Wind is referenced by 218 other articles, and connects out to William V. Skall, World War II and Florida.

It sits within the topics 1940s adventure drama films, 1940s color films and 1942 American films.

Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.

Film · TMDB

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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.

Released: 1942-03-26119 minDir: Cecil B. DeMilleAdventure, Action, Romance

Cast

  • Paulette Goddard as Loxi Claiborne
  • Ray Milland as Stephen Tolliver
  • John Wayne as Captain Jack Stuart
  • Raymond Massey as King Cutler
  • Robert Preston as Dan Cutler
  • Lynne Overman as Captain Phillip Philpott

Themes

  • shipwreck
  • florida keys
  • romantic rivalry
  • clipper ship
  • 19th century
  • key west
  • giant squid
  • scavengers

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

3,830 votes

Year
1942
Runtime
123 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
seamanship
Cast member
Emmett King
Composer
Victor Young
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Cinematographer
William V. Skall
Narrative location
Florida
Filming location
Santa Monica
Duration
123
FilmAffinity ID
300842
Distribution format
video on demand
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Reap the Wild Wind
publication date
1942-01-01
title
Reap the Wild Wind
film editor
Anne Bauchens
production designer
Roland Anderson
distributed by
Netflix
executive producer
Buddy DeSylva
review score
80%
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