Reap the Wild Wind

(1942)

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Synopsis

A Cecil B. DeMille spectacle about ships braving the treacherous waters of the Florida Keys in the 1840s and the salvagers who profit when vessels are purposely shipwrecked. Famous for the climactic battle with a giant squid, which helped it win the Oscar for special effects.

Directors

Cecil B. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, Victor Milner, Louis Mellis, Buddy G. DeSylva, Victor Young, William H. Pine, Natalie Visart, Charles Bennett

Production year

1942

Rating

Studio

Universal Pictures

Runtime

124 minutes

Cast

Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey