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Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector
- Alan Le MayScreenplay
- Charles BennettScreenplay
- Jesse Lasky Jr.Screenplay
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paulette GoddardLoxi Claiborne
- Ray MillandStephen Tolliver
- John WayneCaptain Jack Stuart
- Raymond MasseyKing Cutler
- Robert PrestonDan Cutler
- Lynne OvermanCaptain Phillip Philpott
- Susan HaywardDrusilla Alston
- Charles BickfordMate of the 'Tyfib'
- Walter HampdenCommodore Devereaux
- Louise BeaversMaum Maria
- Martha O'DriscollIvy Devereaux
- Elisabeth RisdonMrs. Claiborne
Stills
Themes
shipwreckflorida keysromantic rivalryclipper ship19th centurykey westgiant squidscavengers