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.
Cast
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
Victor Kilian
Widgeon
Oscar Polk
Salt Meat
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Mottram
Ben Carter
Chinkapin
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
The Lamb
Lane Chandler
Sam
Davison Clark
Judge Marvin
Louis Merrill
Captain of the 'Pelican'
Frank M. Thomas
Dr. Jepson
Keith Richards
Captain Carruthers
Victor Varconi
Lubbock
J. Farrell MacDonald
Port Captain
Harry Woods
Mace
Raymond Hatton
Master Shipwright
Milburn Stone
Lieutenant Farragut
Dave Wengren
'Claiborne' Lookout
Tony Paton
Cadge
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
Crew
Thelma Strabel
Treatment, Story
Cecil B. DeMille
Director, Producer
Alan Le May
Screenplay
Charles Bennett
Screenplay
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Screenplay
Anne Bauchens
Editor
William V. Skall
Director of Photography
Victor Milner
Director of Photography
Dewey Wrigley
Underwater Director of Photography, Underwater Camera
Chico Alonso
First Assistant Director
C. Kenneth Deland
First Assistant Director
Clem Jones
First Assistant Director
Howard Joslin
First Assistant Director
Art Camp
Second Assistant Director
Edward Salven
Assistant Director
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
William H. Pine
Associate Producer
Fritz Brosch
Camera Operator
William Rand
Camera Operator
James V. Murray
Assistant Camera
Cliff Shirpser
Assistant Camera
Roger Mace
Camera Technician
Joe Kaplan
Wardrobe Master
LeVaughn Larson
Wardrobe Master
Edna Shotwell
Wardrobe Master
Pat Williams
Wardrobe Master
Natalie Visart
Costume Design
R. Doney
Wardrobe Designer
Dwight Franklin
Wardrobe Designer
Lois Jessen
Wardrobe Designer
Leonora Sabine
Hair Supervisor
Alice Ribald
Hairstylist
Max Asher
Makeup Artist
Charles Gemora
Makeup Artist
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Arthur Rosson
Second Unit Director
Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist
John Cope
Sound Recordist
Edward Overstreet
Special Effects
Barney Wolff
Special Effects
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects
W. L. Pereira
Visual Effects
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Paul K. Lerpae
Visual Effects
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Jan Domela
Matte Painter
Jack Wilson
Painter
George Sawley
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Russ Brown
Props
Carl Coleman
Props
Harold Worthington
Props
G.E. Richardson
Still Photographer
Al Latta
Driver
Norman Lacey
Location Manager
George Bruggeman
Stunts
Vic Chatten
Stunts
James Dime
Stunts
Biddle Dorsey
Stunts
Jimmie Dundee
Stunts
Lila Finn
Stunts
Fred Graham
Stunts
Frank Hagney
Stunts
Chuck Hamilton
Stunts
George Magrill
Stunts
Carl Mathews
Stunts
Gil Perkins
Stunts
Houghton Ralph
Stunts
Ray Spiker
Stunts
Paul Stader
Stunts
Jack Stoney
Stunts
Dale Van Sickel
Stunts
Ted Wells
Stunts
Henry Wills
Stunts
Fred Zendar
Stunts
Sam Ledner
Choreographer
Louis Mesenkop
Special Sound Effects
Jeanie Macpherson
Additional Writing
Murray Young
Grip
Andrew J. Durkus
Grip
Jack Haring
Grip
Coley Kessinger
Grip
Jack Lethman
Grip
Frank Caffey
Unit Manager
Curtis Mick
Unit Manager
Harvey Dwight
Assistant Unit Manager
Natalie Kalmus
Color Designer
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Walter Scharf
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Lorne Holmes
Greensman
Sid Davis
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