Reap the Wild Wind

Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on the shoals of Key West in the 1840s…

• Director: Cecil B. DeMille
• Genre:Action / Adventure / Drama
• Runtime:119 minutes

Cast

Ray Milland : Mr. Stephen ‘Steve’ Tolliver
John Wayne : Captain Jack Stuart
Paulette Goddard: Loxi Claiborne
Raymond Massey : King Cutler
Robert Preston : Dan Cutler

In 1840, America’s line life is the sea, with an intense commerce. In Key West shore, two ship savage companies dispute the wrecked vessels. The honest one belongs to the impulsive Loxi Claiborne and Capt. Phil Philpott and the other one is owned by the unscrupulous pirate King Cutler. While rescuing the crew of the ship “Julliete”, wrecked on the reeves by the First Mate Mathias Widgeon, Loxi falls in love for Captain Jack Stuart. She travels to Charleston to defend Jack and convince the ship owner to give the position of captain of the new steamship of the company, manipulating the powerful shipping company lawyer Steve Tolliver (Ray Milland), who also falls in love for her. This triangle of love leads Jack Stuart to bad and fatal choices.