Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind is a serialized story written by Thelma Strabel in 1940 for The Saturday Evening Post. It was the basis for the 1942 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, his second to be filmed in color. The film, released shortly after the start of WWII was a swashbuckling adventure set in the 1840's along the Florida coast. It was wildly successful, and proved to be just the ticket to take the minds of the American movie-going public off of the war for two hours.

Cast

• Ray Milland .... Steven Tolliver
• John Wayne.... Jack Stuart
• Paulette Goddard .... Loxi Claiborne
• Raymond Massey .... King Cutler
• Robert Preston.... Dan Cutler
• Lynne Overman.... Capt. Philpott
• Susan Hayward.... Drusilla Alston

(A full list can be found at The Internet Movie Database: Reap The Wild Wind (1942).

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For more information (including plot outline of the novel): Comparison of novel and film.

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