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* SweaterGirl: Loxi wears a tight sweater in the last part of the film.
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* ThirdActStupidity: Jack's [[spoiler:efforts to wreck the ''Southern Cross'']], which dominate the second half of the film, have pretty much no chance of any outcome other than [[spoiler:Jack's disgrace and arrest]], given his suspicious actions such as hiring [[spoiler:Widgeon, a known wrecker, as his mate and speeding recklessly through the fog right after a known enemy of his takes over the shipping line]].
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The film is set in the 1840s along the Florida coast. Our protagonist is a spirited young woman named Loxi Claiborne (Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne), captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland), the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey), who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Creator/SusanHayward).
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The film is set in the 1840s along the Florida coast. Our protagonist is a spirited young woman named Loxi Claiborne (Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne), captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland), the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey), (Creator/RaymondMassey), who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Creator/SusanHayward).
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Judge Marvin runs a tough but fair courtroom. He is considerate of people's feelings, but values truth and justice more. He also will only allow delays and continuances under reasonable circumstances, but is unhappy when a lack of reasonable circumstances threaten to let Cutler and [[spoiler:Jack]] escape justice.
** Downplayed with Commodore Devereaux and his board members (save Steve, who plays it straighter). They wrongly blame Jack for the loss of the ''Jubilee''. When Steve makes a strong argument that Jack is innocent, they agree to promote Jack if his innocence is proven, although they also refuse to tell Jack that they're giving him a second chance.
** Judge Marvin runs a tough but fair courtroom. He is considerate of people's feelings, but values truth and justice more. He also will only allow delays and continuances under reasonable circumstances, but is unhappy when a lack of reasonable circumstances threaten to let Cutler and [[spoiler:Jack]] escape justice.
** Downplayed with Commodore Devereaux and his board members (save Steve, who plays it straighter). They wrongly blame Jack for the loss of the ''Jubilee''. When Steve makes a strong argument that Jack is innocent, they agree to promote Jack if his innocence is proven, although they also refuse to tell Jack that they're giving him a second chance.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Jack is given the chance to let Steve drown when the squid attacks. He chooses not to, rescues Steve and dies in the process]].
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Jack is given the chance to let Steve Steve-who has evidence that could have Jack hung- drown when the squid attacks. He chooses not to, rescues Steve and dies in the process]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Captain Phil's freedman associate Chinkapin tries to flee Phil's houseboat when he hears shanghaiing wreckers coming. They intercept him and knock him unconscious.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Steve sucsesfully argues for Jack to be made the captain of the ''Southern Cross'', but Commodore Devereaux orders him not to tell Jack about this decision until his guilt or innocence is established. When Jack finds out, he accuses Steve of deliberately stopping his promotion and Steve goes along with the deception (presumably to avoid turning Jack against his boss, Captain Devereaux). As a result of this misunderstanding, [[spoiler:when Devereaux dies, Jack thinks that Steve will fire him and makes a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Steve sucsesfully successfully argues for Jack to be made the captain of the ''Southern Cross'', but Commodore Devereaux orders him not to tell Jack about this decision until his guilt or innocence in the wrecking of the ''Jubilee'' is established. When Jack finds out, he accuses Steve of deliberately stopping his promotion and Steve goes along with the deception (presumably to avoid turning Jack against his boss, Captain Devereaux). As a result of this misunderstanding, [[spoiler:when Devereaux dies, Jack thinks that Steve will fire him and makes a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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* HeroesLoveDogs: Despite his moments of jealousy and HonorBeforeReason, Steve is a well-meaning man who wants to stop the wreckers and do right by honest sailors. He has a little dog that he's very attached to.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Steve and his bosses are honest men dedicated to stopping Cutler and his wreckers (although this is partially to protect their own profits), and Steve also tries to defend Jack from being scapegoated even though they're romantic rivals.
* HonorBeforeReason: Steve has a bad habit of this.
** He tries to spare Commodore Devereaux's reputation by not telling Jack that Devreaux is the one who wants to fire Jack while Steve supports him. [[spoiler:This misunderstanding causes Jack's FaceHeelTurn.]]
** During Jack's trial for wrecking, Steve tries to avoid calling Loxi as a witness to avoid disgracing her name, even though the case will fall apart without her testimony.
* JerkassToOne: In her admittedly limited screen time, AlphaBitch Ivy seems to get along well with everyone except Loxi (who is drawing the attentions of the man Ivy is interested in).
* HonorBeforeReason: Steve has a bad habit of this.
** He tries to spare Commodore Devereaux's reputation by not telling Jack that Devreaux is the one who wants to fire Jack while Steve supports him. [[spoiler:This misunderstanding causes Jack's FaceHeelTurn.]]
** During Jack's trial for wrecking, Steve tries to avoid calling Loxi as a witness to avoid disgracing her name, even though the case will fall apart without her testimony.
* JerkassToOne: In her admittedly limited screen time, AlphaBitch Ivy seems to get along well with everyone except Loxi (who is drawing the attentions of the man Ivy is interested in).
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Loxi refuses to help Steve reach Havana in time to relieve Jack of command before he can leave on the ''Southern Cross,'' and even sabotages Steve's efforts. This leads to the death of her cousin, who stowed away on Jack's boat. Loxi herself begins to realize this as evidence mounts that Jack really is in league with Cutler.]]
--> '''Loxi''': Go on, say it. We'd be in Havana if not for what I did.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Drusilla insists that her lover Dan is different from his criminal brother, Loxi replies that they merely have different first names. Dan does have some standards that King lacks, but is indeed nearly as ruthless as his brother until he realizes that their actions [[spoiler:wrecked a ship Drusilla was on.]]
--> '''Loxi''': Go on, say it. We'd be in Havana if not for what I did.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Drusilla insists that her lover Dan is different from his criminal brother, Loxi replies that they merely have different first names. Dan does have some standards that King lacks, but is indeed nearly as ruthless as his brother until he realizes that their actions [[spoiler:wrecked a ship Drusilla was on.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Steve sucsesfully argues for Jack to be made the captain of the ''Southern Cross'', but Commodore Devereaux orders him not to tell Jack about this decision until his guilt or innocence is established. When Jack finds out, he accuses Steve of deliberately stopping his promotion and Steve goes along with the deception (presumably to avoid turning Jack against his boss, Captain Devereaux). As a result of this misunderstanding, [[spoiler:when Devereaux dies, Jack thinks that Steve will fire him and makes a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Loxi is scandalising most of the ladies with her song about rats aboard a ship, Drusilla can be seen cracking up. Steve clearly finds the whole thing funny too.
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** When Loxi is scandalising most of the ladies with her song about rats aboard a ship, Drusilla can be seen cracking up. Steve and a few SpearCarrier guests clearlyfinds find the whole thing funny too.too.
** After a moment of shock, Cutler finds some humor in how the men he sent to shanghai Steve end up being shanghaied themselves.
** When Loxi is scandalising most of the ladies with her song about rats aboard a ship, Drusilla can be seen cracking up. Steve and a few SpearCarrier guests clearly
** After a moment of shock, Cutler finds some humor in how the men he sent to shanghai Steve end up being shanghaied themselves.
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* AmoralAttorney: King Cutler, the murderous head wrecker, is a also an attorney and [[spoiler:defends Jack when he's on trial for wrecking the ''Southern Cross'', a crime which Jack is guilty of. He then bullies Loxi when she's on the stand and tries to frame Steve for his crimes.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Widgeon is brutally hung in his cell to prevent him from testifying against Jack and Cutler. However, his first scene shows him knocking Jack unconcious to wreck their ship for money, which destroys Jack's career. He also tries to shanghai Steve and Captain Phil, and helps wreck the ''Southern Cross.'']]
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* BreakingSpeech: When Jack comes to confront the villainous Cutler, he finds himself on the receiving end of a devastating speech as Cutler reveals that Commodore Devereaux is dead and that Jack's future with the Devereaux line is in jeopardy. He then dissects how Jack will likely end up broke and homeless, and that Loxi will be willing to endure that with him, but that Jack will be too proud to subject her to this. [[TheCorruptor He then offers Jack a job captaining a slave ship for him]], which Jack rejects [[spoiler:in favor [[FaceHeelTurn of helping Cutler wreck his ship.]]]]
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In Loxi's song, one of the lyrics is "son of a", and [[CurseCutShort all the ladies gasp]]. But the next line is "[[LastSecondWordSwap shiny, briny blue"]].
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast. Our protagonist is spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne), captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland), the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey), who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Creator/SusanHayward).
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne), captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland), the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey), who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Creator/SusanHayward).
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our coast. Our protagonist is spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne), captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland), the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey), who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Creator/SusanHayward).
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Creator/SusanHayward).
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - (Creator/JohnWayne), captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - (Creator/RayMilland), the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - Massey), who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Creator/SusanHayward).
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Jack willingly wrecking the ''Southern Cross'' not knowing Drusilla is stowed away on board]].
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* CostumePorn: It's a Technicolor Cecil B De Mille period piece, so of course they'll go all out with the costumes. There's a scene at a luncheon and later a ball that allows for magnificent gowns and suits for everyone.
* DatingCatwoman: Drusilla knows that Dan is involved in piracy. [[spoiler: This association ends up getting her killed]].
* DatingCatwoman: Drusilla knows that Dan is involved in piracy. [[spoiler: This association ends up getting her killed]].
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* DeathOfTheHypoteneuse: [[spoiler: Jack dies in the dive at the end, allowing Loxi and Steve to get married]].
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* FemininityFailure: Loxi making a spectacle of herself at her aunt's luncheon. Admittedly she wasn't trying very hard to succeed.
--> '''Maume Maria:''' It's just hopeless. Making a lady out of ''you'' is just hopeless."
--> '''Maume Maria:''' It's just hopeless. Making a lady out of ''you'' is just hopeless."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jack and Loxi's wedding on the ship is interrupted by Steve - who tackles Loxi overboard. [[spoiler: He and Loxi will marry after Jack drowns trying to save him]].
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* HeroicSeductress: Loxi's seduction of Steve is a little underhanded, but it's entirely to help the man she loves.
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* RedHerring: Ivy is introduced as the daughter of Commodore Devereaux - who runs the company owning the ''Southern Cross'' - implying she'll be an antagonist. But then Steve is revealed to be running it while the Commodore is ill, and Loxi's focus shifts to him.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Loxi's cousin Drusilla just seems like a SatelliteCharacter for her to have girl talk with, and be in a tame forbidden romance with Captain Cutler's brother. [[spoiler: Then she dies in a deliberate shipwreck, setting up the third act's conflict]].
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Susan Hayward).
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard).(Creator/PauletteGoddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Susan Hayward).
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is SpiritedYoungLady Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Susan Hayward).
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Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is SpiritedYoungLady spirited young woman Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Susan Hayward).
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''Reap the Wild Wind'' is a 1942 adventure film by Creator/CecilBDeMille, based on a serialized story by Thelma Strabel.
Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is SpiritedYoungLady Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Susan Hayward).
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* ActionSurvivor: Loxi isn't a trained gun fighter, but she handles herself in a couple of scuffles just fine.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Loxi is scandalising most of the ladies with her song about rats aboard a ship, Drusilla can be seen cracking up. Steve clearly finds the whole thing funny too.
* AlphaBitch: Ivy Devereaux fits the spoiled blonde RichBitch trappings, though doesn't factor much into the story.
* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Ivy sings "Tis A Little Faded Flower", which was not published until twenty years after the movie is set.
* TheAtoner: Jack becomes one once [[spoiler: he realises he's responsible for Drusilla's death]].
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Out of the two Cutler brothers, Dan is the better looking one, so of course he's nicer.
* BetaCouple: Loxi's cousin Drusilla and Cutler's brother Dan.
* BettyAndVeronica:
** Jack is the soft-spoken Betty to Steve's outspoken Veronica.
** Loxi herself is the wild and exciting Veronica to the pampered and more graceful Ivy's Betty.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Once it's revealed Jack was responsible for Drusilla dying, it's clear that's it for him and Loxi]].
* TheCameo: Noted gossip columnist Hedda Hopper has a small role as Loxi's Aunt Henrietta.
* CanineCompanion: Steve's dog Romulus - who he performs ventriloquy with as a RunningGag.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Captain Philpott remains quite calm and snarky when he's held at gunpoint and told to put his hands up. He snarks that he can't, because his sleeve is [[ItMakesSenseInContext pinned to the mast by a pitchfork.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: The first half of the film is very light-hearted, with lots of comedic touches - the attempted kidnapping of Steve and Loxi is entirely PlayedForLaughs. Then when [[spoiler: Jack helps Cutler wreck the ''Southern Cross'', unknowingly killing Drusilla]], things get a lot more serious.
* ChekhovsGun: There's a scene where Dan gives Drusilla a pretty new shawl. [[spoiler: The shawl being found in the ''Southern Cross'''s wreck reveals that Drusilla was the woman killed when it sank]].
* DatingCatwoman: Drusilla knows that Dan is involved in piracy.
* DeadpanSnarker: Captain Philpott is brilliantly snarky.
* DeathOfTheHypoteneuse: [[spoiler: Jack dies in the dive at the end, allowing Loxi and Steve to get married]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
** Steve has no problem spanking Loxi when she annoys him.
** Loxi performing a song about rats on a ship gets scandalized reactions from the other ladies, even though the lyrics are quite tame.
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler: When Jack and Steve are diving to verify if Drusilla was killed in the wreck, they are attacked by a GiantSquid]].
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Jack goes out saving Steve from a squid that's choking him]].
* EasilyForgiven: Loxi actually doesn't attack Jack for [[spoiler: getting her cousin killed]]. In this case it's because she's partially responsible too [[spoiler: as she stopped Steve's ship from getting there in time]].
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Jack falls for Loxi after she nurses him back to health.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In Loxi's song, one of the lyrics is "son of a", and [[CurseCutShort all the ladies gasp]]. But the next line is "[[LastSecondWordSwap shiny, briny blue"]].
* GorgeousPeriodDress: And how! The costumes in the party scenes are especially flamboyant.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Downplayed but Loxi takes out a couple of {{Mooks}} while wearing a dress.
* LoveTriangle: Loxi wants to be with Jack, but Steve also wants her.
* MeetCute: Does it get cuter than meeting while one of the parties is strapped to the wheel?
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: It's mentioned that the salvage business was started by Loxi's father, and she's just continuing it.
* NotSoSmallRole: Susan Hayward pops up in a few scenes stealing kisses with King Cutler's brother. [[spoiler: She stows away on the ''Southern Cross'' when it's wrecked, prompting Cutler's scheme to fall apart]].
* PluckyGirl: Loxi through and through. She's quite an active character for a female lead in the 1940s.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Jack is given the chance to let Steve drown when the squid attacks. He chooses not to, rescues Steve and dies in the process]].
* RefugeInAudacity: Loxi has an epic one when she goes to a party and is asked to sing a "sweet" song. She chooses to perform a piece from the perspective of a rat on board a ship. The other guests are either scandalized, fanning themselves or trying not to laugh. When Loxi's aunt Henrietta stops her, Loxi's only response is that they still had twenty verses to go.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Steve vs Jack. John Wayne was even reluctant to sign on; worried how his fans would react about him being bested by Ray Milland.
* ServileSnarker: Loxi's maid Maum Maria usually has a sarcastic comment in every scene she's in.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: [[spoiler: The FaceHeelDoubleTurn where Steve becomes the one we should root for over Jack is marked by him swapping his usual dandy suits for an IntimateOpenShirt.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Loxi and Steve's first scene together has them exchanging lots of back and forth banter.
* SouthernGentleman: Steve is a double subversion. He seems like a Jerkass but is ultimately proved to be a good guy. He's got the fashion of the Southern Gentleman down.
* SweaterGirl: Loxi wears a tight sweater in the last part of the film.
* TeamPet: Loxi rescues a monkey from ''The Jubilee'' and keeps it - to Maum Maria's [[RunningGag annoyance]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Jack and Steve reluctantly work together when they risk being shanghaied by a whaling crew.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Loxi loves sailing and has a tomboyish attitude, but whenever she puts on a nice dress she wears it well.
* TownGirls: Loxi is the Butch, Ivy is the Femme, Drusilla is the Neither.
* UnexplainedAccent: Salt Meat is introduced as a Barbados sailor, but speaks with a southern American accent.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ivy Devereaux disappears from the story once it's clear Steve has the hots for Loxi.
''Reap the Wild Wind'' is a 1942 adventure film by Creator/CecilBDeMille, based on a serialized story by Thelma Strabel.
Set in the 1840s along the Florida coast, our protagonist is SpiritedYoungLady Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard). She runs a marine salvage business and that's how she meets Jack Stewart (Creator/JohnWayne) - captain of a ship called the ''Jubilee'' that she rescues from the hurricane. Jack desires to captain a ship called the ''Southern Cross'', and Loxi takes it upon herself to seduce Steve Tolliver (Creator/RayMilland) - the head of the sailing ship line that Jack works for. There's also trouble afoot involving another salvor called King Cutler (Raymond Massey) - who may be planning wrecks so he can claim the salvage. And for some added spice, Cutler's brother Dan (Robert Preston) is having an affair with Loxi's cousin Drusilla (Susan Hayward).
!!Tropes:
* ActionSurvivor: Loxi isn't a trained gun fighter, but she handles herself in a couple of scuffles just fine.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Loxi is scandalising most of the ladies with her song about rats aboard a ship, Drusilla can be seen cracking up. Steve clearly finds the whole thing funny too.
* AlphaBitch: Ivy Devereaux fits the spoiled blonde RichBitch trappings, though doesn't factor much into the story.
* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Ivy sings "Tis A Little Faded Flower", which was not published until twenty years after the movie is set.
* TheAtoner: Jack becomes one once [[spoiler: he realises he's responsible for Drusilla's death]].
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Out of the two Cutler brothers, Dan is the better looking one, so of course he's nicer.
* BetaCouple: Loxi's cousin Drusilla and Cutler's brother Dan.
* BettyAndVeronica:
** Jack is the soft-spoken Betty to Steve's outspoken Veronica.
** Loxi herself is the wild and exciting Veronica to the pampered and more graceful Ivy's Betty.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Once it's revealed Jack was responsible for Drusilla dying, it's clear that's it for him and Loxi]].
* TheCameo: Noted gossip columnist Hedda Hopper has a small role as Loxi's Aunt Henrietta.
* CanineCompanion: Steve's dog Romulus - who he performs ventriloquy with as a RunningGag.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Captain Philpott remains quite calm and snarky when he's held at gunpoint and told to put his hands up. He snarks that he can't, because his sleeve is [[ItMakesSenseInContext pinned to the mast by a pitchfork.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: The first half of the film is very light-hearted, with lots of comedic touches - the attempted kidnapping of Steve and Loxi is entirely PlayedForLaughs. Then when [[spoiler: Jack helps Cutler wreck the ''Southern Cross'', unknowingly killing Drusilla]], things get a lot more serious.
* ChekhovsGun: There's a scene where Dan gives Drusilla a pretty new shawl. [[spoiler: The shawl being found in the ''Southern Cross'''s wreck reveals that Drusilla was the woman killed when it sank]].
* DatingCatwoman: Drusilla knows that Dan is involved in piracy.
* DeadpanSnarker: Captain Philpott is brilliantly snarky.
* DeathOfTheHypoteneuse: [[spoiler: Jack dies in the dive at the end, allowing Loxi and Steve to get married]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
** Steve has no problem spanking Loxi when she annoys him.
** Loxi performing a song about rats on a ship gets scandalized reactions from the other ladies, even though the lyrics are quite tame.
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler: When Jack and Steve are diving to verify if Drusilla was killed in the wreck, they are attacked by a GiantSquid]].
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Jack goes out saving Steve from a squid that's choking him]].
* EasilyForgiven: Loxi actually doesn't attack Jack for [[spoiler: getting her cousin killed]]. In this case it's because she's partially responsible too [[spoiler: as she stopped Steve's ship from getting there in time]].
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Jack falls for Loxi after she nurses him back to health.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In Loxi's song, one of the lyrics is "son of a", and [[CurseCutShort all the ladies gasp]]. But the next line is "[[LastSecondWordSwap shiny, briny blue"]].
* GorgeousPeriodDress: And how! The costumes in the party scenes are especially flamboyant.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Downplayed but Loxi takes out a couple of {{Mooks}} while wearing a dress.
* LoveTriangle: Loxi wants to be with Jack, but Steve also wants her.
* MeetCute: Does it get cuter than meeting while one of the parties is strapped to the wheel?
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: It's mentioned that the salvage business was started by Loxi's father, and she's just continuing it.
* NotSoSmallRole: Susan Hayward pops up in a few scenes stealing kisses with King Cutler's brother. [[spoiler: She stows away on the ''Southern Cross'' when it's wrecked, prompting Cutler's scheme to fall apart]].
* PluckyGirl: Loxi through and through. She's quite an active character for a female lead in the 1940s.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Jack is given the chance to let Steve drown when the squid attacks. He chooses not to, rescues Steve and dies in the process]].
* RefugeInAudacity: Loxi has an epic one when she goes to a party and is asked to sing a "sweet" song. She chooses to perform a piece from the perspective of a rat on board a ship. The other guests are either scandalized, fanning themselves or trying not to laugh. When Loxi's aunt Henrietta stops her, Loxi's only response is that they still had twenty verses to go.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Steve vs Jack. John Wayne was even reluctant to sign on; worried how his fans would react about him being bested by Ray Milland.
* ServileSnarker: Loxi's maid Maum Maria usually has a sarcastic comment in every scene she's in.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: [[spoiler: The FaceHeelDoubleTurn where Steve becomes the one we should root for over Jack is marked by him swapping his usual dandy suits for an IntimateOpenShirt.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Loxi and Steve's first scene together has them exchanging lots of back and forth banter.
* SouthernGentleman: Steve is a double subversion. He seems like a Jerkass but is ultimately proved to be a good guy. He's got the fashion of the Southern Gentleman down.
* SweaterGirl: Loxi wears a tight sweater in the last part of the film.
* TeamPet: Loxi rescues a monkey from ''The Jubilee'' and keeps it - to Maum Maria's [[RunningGag annoyance]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Jack and Steve reluctantly work together when they risk being shanghaied by a whaling crew.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Loxi loves sailing and has a tomboyish attitude, but whenever she puts on a nice dress she wears it well.
* TownGirls: Loxi is the Butch, Ivy is the Femme, Drusilla is the Neither.
* UnexplainedAccent: Salt Meat is introduced as a Barbados sailor, but speaks with a southern American accent.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ivy Devereaux disappears from the story once it's clear Steve has the hots for Loxi.
