Reap the Wild Wind Overview:

Reap the Wild Wind (1942) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and produced by Cecil B. DeMille and William H. Pine.

SYNOPSIS

In a DeMille potboiler at sea, 19th-century ship captain Wayne fights for his reputation with shipping company investigator Milland, for his ship with salvage pirates Massey and Preston, and for his life with a giant red octopus. Salvage-company owner Goddard nurses Wayne back to health after a shipwreck, though she loses him to the sea creature.

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Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George SawleyNominated
Best CinematographyVictor Milner, William V. SkallNominated
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Loxi: Where is Captain Jack?
Capt. Phillip Philpott: He's on a diving job. He'll be back this afternoon
[chuckle]
Capt. Phillip Philpott: if his hat didn't leak!


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The underwater 'Southern Cross' scenes took two months to film.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onMarch 8, 1943 with Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland reprising their film roles.
The giant rubber squid used in the underwater battle was donated by the studio to the war effort in 1942. The Japanese had conquered Malaya and Indochina, source of most of the world's rubber.
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