Reap the Wild Wind (1942) |
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| Director(s) | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Producer(s) | Cecil B. DeMille, William H. Pine |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance |
Featured Cast of Reap the Wild Wind See More »
Ray Milland(as Stephen Tolliver)
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Ray Milland
(as Stephen Tolliver)
John Wayne(as Capt. Jack Stuart)
Reap the Wild Wind
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1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
John Wayne
(as Capt. Jack Stuart)
Paulette Goddard(as Loxi Claiborne)
Reap the Wild Wind
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1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Paulette Goddard
(as Loxi Claiborne)
Raymond Massey(as King Cutler)
Reap the Wild Wind
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1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Raymond Massey
(as King Cutler)
Robert Preston(as Dan Cutler)
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Robert Preston
(as Dan Cutler)
Susan Hayward(as Cousin Drusilla Alston)
Reap the Wild Wind
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1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Susan Hayward
(as Cousin Drusilla Alston)
Charles Bickford(as Bully Brown)
Reap the Wild Wind
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1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Charles Bickford
(as Bully Brown)
Walter Hampden(as Cmmdre. Devereaux)
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Released
1942
Walter Hampden
(as Cmmdre. Devereaux)
Reap the Wild Wind Overview:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and produced by Cecil B. DeMille and William H. Pine.
SYNOPSIS
In a DeMille potboiler at sea, 19th-century ship captain Wayne fights for his reputation with shipping company investigator Milland, for his ship with salvage pirates Massey and Preston, and for his life with a giant red octopus. Salvage-company owner Goddard nurses Wayne back to health after a shipwreck, though she loses him to the sea creature.
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Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Victor Milner, William V. Skall | Nominated |
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Reap the Wild Wind Quotes:
Loxi:
Where is Captain Jack?
Capt. Phillip Philpott: He's on a diving job. He'll be back this afternoon
[chuckle]
Capt. Phillip Philpott: if his hat didn't leak!
See More Quotes from Reap the Wild WindCapt. Phillip Philpott: He's on a diving job. He'll be back this afternoon
[chuckle]
Capt. Phillip Philpott: if his hat didn't leak!
Reap the Wild Wind Facts
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
During the filming of a fight scene with John Wayne, an accident cost actor 'Victor Kilian (I)' the use of one eye.
Cecil B. DeMille had wanted Errol Flynn to play Captain Jack Stuart, but Jack L. Warner refused to loan him out.
The giant rubber squid used in the underwater battle was donated by the studio to the war effort in 1942. The Japanese had conquered Malaya and Indochina, source of most of the world's rubber.
This was the last film in which Hedda Hopper appeared as a character other than herself.