Reap the Wild Wind

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

Discover

Paulette Goddard

Loxi Claiborne

Ray Milland

Stephen Tolliver

John Wayne

Captain Jack Stuart

Raymond Massey

King Cutler

Robert Preston

Dan Cutler

Lynne Overman

Captain Phillip Philpott

Susan Hayward

Drusilla Alston

Charles Bickford

Mate of the 'Tyfib'

Walter Hampden

Commodore Devereaux

Louise Beavers

Maum Maria

Martha O'Driscoll

Ivy Devereaux

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Claiborne

Hedda Hopper

Aunt Henrietta

Oscar Polk

Salt Meat

Janet Beecher

Mrs. Mottram

Ben Carter

Chinkapin

Davison Clark

Judge Marvin

Louis Merrill

Captain of the 'Pelican'

Frank M. Thomas

Dr. Jepson

Keith Richards

Captain Carruthers

J. Farrell MacDonald

Port Captain

Raymond Hatton

Master Shipwright

Milburn Stone

Lieutenant Farragut

Dave Wengren

'Claiborne' Lookout

Barbara Britton

Charleston Lady #1

Julia Faye

Charleston Lady #2

Ameda Lambert

Charleston Lady #3

D'Arcy Miller

Charleston Beau #1

Bruce Warren

Charleston Beau #2

Cecil B. DeMille

Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Turnkey (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Snaith (uncredited)

James Flavin

Girl's Father (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Bosco (uncredited)

Mildred Harris

Dancing Lady (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Tea Guest (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)

Florence Wix

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Bixby (uncredited)

Ynez Seabury

Ball Guest

Art

Roland Anderson

Art Direction

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

George Sawley

Set Decoration

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Lorne Holmes

Greensman

Jack Wilson

Painter

Camera

William V. Skall

Director of Photography

Victor Milner

Director of Photography

Dewey Wrigley

Underwater Director of Photography

Dewey Wrigley

Underwater Camera

Fritz Brosch

Camera Operator

Roger Mace

Camera Technician

James V. Murray

Assistant Camera

William Rand

Camera Operator

G.E. Richardson

Still Photographer

Cliff Shirpser

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Natalie Visart

Costume Design

Max Asher

Makeup Artist

Charles Gemora

Makeup Artist

Alice Ribald

Hairstylist

Leonora Sabine

Hair Supervisor

R. Doney

Wardrobe Designer

Dwight Franklin

Wardrobe Designer

Lois Jessen

Wardrobe Designer

Joe Kaplan

Wardrobe Master

LeVaughn Larson

Wardrobe Master

Edna Shotwell

Wardrobe Master

Pat Williams

Wardrobe Master

Crew

Jeanie Macpherson

Additional Writing

Thelma Strabel

Treatment

Louis Mesenkop

Special Sound Effects

Edward Overstreet

Special Effects

Barney Wolff

Special Effects

Vic Chatten

Stunts

James Dime

Stunts

Lila Finn

Stunts

Fred Graham

Stunts

Gil Perkins

Stunts

Ray Spiker

Stunts

Paul Stader

Stunts

Jack Stoney

Stunts

Ted Wells

Stunts

Henry Wills

Stunts

Fred Zendar

Stunts

Al Latta

Driver

Sid Davis

Stand In

Sam Ledner

Choreographer

Directing

Arthur Rosson

Second Unit Director

Chico Alonso

First Assistant Director

Art Camp

Second Assistant Director

C. Kenneth Deland

First Assistant Director

Clem Jones

First Assistant Director

Howard Joslin

First Assistant Director

Edward Salven

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

William H. Pine

Associate Producer

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Frank Caffey

Unit Manager

Harvey Dwight

Assistant Unit Manager

Curtis Mick

Unit Manager

Norman Lacey

Location Manager

Sound

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Harry Lindgren

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

George Parrish

Orchestrator

Walter Scharf

Orchestrator

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Writing

Alan Le May

Screenplay

Charles Bennett

Screenplay

Jesse Lasky Jr.

Screenplay

Art

Roland Anderson

Art Direction

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

George Sawley

Set Decoration

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Lorne Holmes

Greensman

Jack Wilson

Painter

Camera

William V. Skall

Director of Photography

Victor Milner

Director of Photography

Dewey Wrigley

Underwater Director of Photography

Dewey Wrigley

Underwater Camera

Fritz Brosch

Camera Operator

Roger Mace

Camera Technician

James V. Murray

Assistant Camera

William Rand

Camera Operator

G.E. Richardson

Still Photographer

Cliff Shirpser

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Natalie Visart

Costume Design

Max Asher

Makeup Artist

Charles Gemora

Makeup Artist

Alice Ribald

Hairstylist

Leonora Sabine

Hair Supervisor

R. Doney

Wardrobe Designer

Dwight Franklin

Wardrobe Designer

Lois Jessen

Wardrobe Designer

Joe Kaplan

Wardrobe Master

LeVaughn Larson

Wardrobe Master

Edna Shotwell

Wardrobe Master

Pat Williams

Wardrobe Master

Crew

Jeanie Macpherson

Additional Writing

Thelma Strabel

Treatment

Louis Mesenkop

Special Sound Effects

Edward Overstreet

Special Effects

Barney Wolff

Special Effects

Vic Chatten

Stunts

James Dime

Stunts

Lila Finn

Stunts

Fred Graham

Stunts

Gil Perkins

Stunts

Ray Spiker

Stunts

Paul Stader

Stunts

Jack Stoney

Stunts

Ted Wells

Stunts

Henry Wills

Stunts

Fred Zendar

Stunts

Al Latta

Driver

Sid Davis

Stand In

Sam Ledner

Choreographer

Directing

Arthur Rosson

Second Unit Director

Chico Alonso

First Assistant Director

Art Camp

Second Assistant Director

C. Kenneth Deland

First Assistant Director

Clem Jones

First Assistant Director

Howard Joslin

First Assistant Director

Edward Salven

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

William H. Pine

Associate Producer

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Frank Caffey

Unit Manager

Harvey Dwight

Assistant Unit Manager

Curtis Mick

Unit Manager

Norman Lacey

Location Manager

Sound

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Harry Lindgren

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

George Parrish

Orchestrator

Walter Scharf

Orchestrator

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Writing

Alan Le May

Screenplay

Charles Bennett

Screenplay

Jesse Lasky Jr.

Screenplay