Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - film review

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Reap the Wild Wind is an American action film first released in 1942, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey and Robert Preston. It has also been released under the title: Cecil B. DeMille’s Reap the Wild Wind. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Script: Thelma Strabel, Alan Le May, Charles Bennett, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jeanie Macpherson, Theodore St. John
Photo: Victor Milner, William V. Skall
Music: Victor Young
Cast: Ray Milland (Mr. Stephen ’Steve’ Tolliver), John Wayne (Captain Jack Stuart), Paulette Goddard (Loxi Claiborne), Raymond Massey (King Cutler), Robert Preston (Dan Cutler), Lynne Overman (Capt. Phillip ’Phil’ Philpott), Susan Hayward (Cousin Drusilla Alston), Charles Bickford (Bully Brown (mate of the Tyfib)), Walter Hampden (Cmmdre. Devereaux), Louise Beavers (Maum Maria, the Claiborne Maid), Martha O’Driscoll (Ivy Devereaux), Elisabeth Risdon (Mrs. Claiborne), Hedda Hopper (Aunt Henrietta Beresford), Victor Kilian (Mathias Widgeon), Oscar Polk (Salt Meat), Janet Beecher (Mrs. Mottram), Ben Carter (Chinkapin), William ’Wee Willie’ Davis (The Lamb), Lane Chandler (Sam), Davison Clark (Judge Will Marvin), Louis Merrill (Captain of ’Pelican’), Frank M. Thomas (Dr. Jepson), Keith Richards (Capt. Carruthers), Victor Varconi (Lubbock (Cutler henchman)), J. Farrell MacDonald (Port Captain), Harry Woods (Mace, Cutler Henchman), Raymond Hatton (Master Shipwright), Milburn Stone (Lt. Farragut), Dave Wengren (’Claiborne’ lookout), Tony Paton (Cadge), Barbara Britton (Charleston Lady), Julia Faye (Charleston Lady), Ameda Lambert (Charleston Lady), D’Arcy Miller (Charleston beau), Bruce Warren (Charleston beau), Eric Alden (Slim (’Falcon’ crewman)), Richard Alexander (Stoker Boss), C.E. Anderson (Juror), George Anderson (Jailer), James O. Anderson (Call boy in cafe), Stanley Andrews (Turnkey), Sam Appel (Juror), Gertrude Astor (Woman), George Barton (Joe, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Colin Blair (Guest in Ballroom), Monte Blue (Officer at Tea), Sven Hugo Borg (Blackie, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Ed Brady (’Pelican’ Crewman), Al Bridge (Cutler Man in Barrel Room), George Bruggeman (Gus, ’Claiborne’ Crewman), Stella Mary Burgess (Guest in Ballroom), William Cabanne (Guest at Ball), Wheaton Chambers (Lawyer), Jack Chapin (Clem, ’Claiborne’ Pump Man), Tom Chatterton (Parson), Jack Clifford (’Pelican’ Crewman), David Clyde (Old Director), Tommy Conlon (Man in Ballroom), Maurice Costello ((unconfirmed)), Mary Currier (Waltzing Dowager in Ballroom), Max Davidson (Juror), Harry Dean (Juror), Cecil B. DeMille (Prologue Speaker), Richard de Mille (Man (unconfirmed)), Jerome DeNuccio (George, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Helen Dickson (Woman in Ballroom), Jack Dixon (Guest in Ballroom), Laurie Douglas (Guest at Ball), Jimmie Dundee (Galley Growler), Ralph Dunn (’Jubilee’ Lookout), Sarah Edwards (Dowager at Tea), William Elmer (Juror), Richard Elmore (’Claiborne’ Cabin Boy), Hassan Ezzat (Cuban on Charleston Packet), William D. Faralla (Cliff, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Al Ferguson (Cutler Man in Barrel Room), Frank Ferguson (Snaith, Co-Counsel), James Flavin (Father of Girl), Sam Flint (Surgeon), Byron Foulger (Bixby, Devereaux Courier), Christian J. Frank (Juror), Jerry Franks Jr. (Pedro, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Kenneth Gibson (30-Year Old Devereaux Clerk), James Gillette (Ivy’s Waltzing Partner), Fred Graham (Jake, on Spongeboat), George Guhl (Man on Street), William Haade (Second Mate of ’Jubilee’), Frank Hagney (Cutler Man in Barrell Room), Chuck Hamilton (Bosco, ’Tyfib’ Bosun), Mildred Harris (Dancing Lady), Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian (Second Mate of Charleston Packet), Robert Homans (Captain in Cafe), Bob Ireland (Roger, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Eugene Jackson (Dr. Jepson’s Black Servant), Clarke Jennings (Ed, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Carmencita Johnson (Girl with Oilskins), Jack W. Johnston (Devereaux Clerk), Emmett King (Old Gentleman in Ballroom), Stubby Kruger (Pat, ’Claiborne’ Crewman), Frank Lackteen (Cutler Man in Barrel Room), Ethan Laidlaw (Tony, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Hope Landin (Dowager in Ballroom), Louise La Planche (Guest at Ball), Larry Lawson (Frank, ’Claiborne’ Crewman), Laura Lee (Southern Belle), Elmo Lincoln (Man), Leota Lorraine (Woman in Ballroom), Jack Luden (Southern Gentleman at Tea), George Magrill (Mike, ’Claiborne’ Crewman), Tony Martelli (Juror), Jim Mason (’Pelican’ Crewman), Carl Mathews (Stevedore), Claire McDowell (Ettie, in Ballroom), Cyril McLaglen (Srevedore), George Melford (Devereaux Banker), John Merkyl (Southern Gentleman), John Merton (’Pelican’ Crewman), Robert Milasch (Juror), King Mojave (Art, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Richard Neill (Old Gentleman at Tea), Ottola Nesmith (Dowager at Tea), Wally O’Connor (Hugh, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Nestor Paiva (Man with Suspenders), Emory Parnell (Jailer), Edward Peil Sr. (Bailiff), Buddy Pepper (Call Boy in Cafe), Gil Perkins (Southern Cross Leadsman), John Power (Juror), Lee Prather (Court Clerk), Houghton Ralph (Buck, ’Falcon’ Crewman), George Reed (Black Servant at Tea), Frank Richards (Cutler Man in Barrel Room), Constantine Romanoff (Widgeon’s tall and bald thug), Mel Ruick (Man in Ballroom), Ynez Seabury (Woman in Ballroom), Dorothy Sebastian (Woman in Ballroom), Allen D. Sewall (Juror), Frank Shannon (Captain in Cafe), Mildred Shay (Girl in Match Sequence), Ray Spiker (Stan, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Will Stanton (Rat-Faced Man), Jack Sterling (Lars, ’Claiborne’ Crewman), Hayden Stevenson (Lawyer), John St. Polis (Devereaux Foreign Agent), Leo Sulky (Juror), Akim Tamiroff (Voice of The Lamb), Forrest Taylor (Devereaux Treasurer), Mary Thomas (Guest in Ballroom), Guy Usher (Jailer), Dale Van Sickel (Roy, ’Falcon’ Cewman), Gohr Van Vleck (First Mate of Charleston Packet), Catherine Wallace (Woman in Ballroom), Joyce Walsh (Guest in Ballroom), Harry Warren (Boston, ’Falcon’ Crewman), Stanhope Wheatcroft (Devereaux Secretary), Lloyd Whitlock (Southern Gentleman), Don Zelaya (Cafe Bartender), Fred Zendar (Spike, ’Claiborne’ Crewman), Carl Zwolsman (Nate, ’Falcon’ Crewman)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 123 min
Aka: Cecil B. DeMille’s Reap the Wild Wind

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