Steampunk diving gear. as delineated above, Mr. Wayne had tussled with a giant squid in Reap the Wild Wind, and in glorious Technicolor, to boot. There is nothing wrong with this combination. I used to keep a Giant Squid Checklist, but for years the only movies on it were REAP THE WILD WIND, ROAD TO BALI and 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. DeMille. Reap The Wild Wind - Official Trailer This memorable Cecil B. DeMille high seas epic sports a topnotch cast and glorious Technicolor photography, not to mention a giant red squid. The casting of Reap the Wild Wind is equally interesting and features DeMille's penchant for mixing big name stars like John Wayne with up-and-coming performers like Susan Hayward and established character actors like Charles Bickford and Louise Beavers. They're basically westerns on water, anyways. 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. Reap the Wild Wind opens in 1846 off the coast of the newly annexed Florida Keys, and DeMille introduces this world with an opening frame that places us adrift in open water. Audience Reviews for Reap the Wild Wind Mar 22, 2010 I haven't watched many John Wayne films on DVD, mostly growing up and seeing them on TV, So this is a first. Free shipping for many products! Once Reap the Wild Wind gets on with things, however, it’s quintessential escapism, made with the usual overripe intensity that was DeMille’s gaudy capability, and his delectable eye for physical detail. For several years before his bout with the GIANT INFLATABLE KILLER OCTOPUS!!!! Up above a large wave surges toward the small fleet of ships supporting the dive. 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. For one ballroom sequence, DeMille even cast some of his former silent film associates as extras like Maurice Costello, Elmo Lincoln, Monte Blue, and director George Melford. Mix together the historical ambience and romantic histrionics of Gone with the Wind, the maritime perils of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, and the bizarre sight of Ray Milland performing "dog ventriloquism" and decking John Wayne with one punch in the same movie, and you wind up with the fizzing, fuming, infuriating, yet endearingly watchable bowl of "flip" that is Reap the Wild Wind. Mix together the historical ambience and romantic histrionics of Gone with the Wind, the maritime perils of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, and the bizarre sight of Ray Milland performing "dog ventriloquism" and decking John Wayne with one punch in the same movie, and you wind up with the fizzing, fuming, infuriating, yet endearingly watchable bowl of "flip" that is Reap the Wild Wind. I used to keep a Giant Squid Checklist, but for years the only movies on it were REAP THE WILD WIND, ROAD TO BALI and 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Reap the Wild Wind [VHS] at Amazon.com. Rival sea captains, a hurricane, and a giant red squid are just a few of the attractions on display in Reap the Wild Wind (1942), a typically lavish Cecil B. DeMille production which established Ray Milland as a popular leading man (he would win the Oscar three years later for his performance as the alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend, 1945) and won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.