in 1840 and america line life be the sea and with an intense commerce . in key west shore and two ship savage company dispute the wrecked vessel . the honest one belong to the impulsive loxi claiborne ( paulette goddard ) and capt . phil philpott ( lynne overman ) and the other one be own by the unscrupulous pirate king cutler ( raymond massey ) . while rescue the crew of the ship julliete and wreck on the reef by the first mate mathias widgeon ( victor kilian ) and loxi fall in love for captain jack stuart ( john wayne ) . she travel to charleston to defend jack and convince the ship owner to give the position of captain of the new steamship of the company and manipulate the powerful shipping company lawyer steve tolliver ( ray milland ) and who also fall in love for her . this triangle of love lead jack stuart to bad and fatal choice . reap the wild wind be another great film of this great director and producer cecil b. demille . the story be a triangle of love full of adventure and drama and suspense and romance . the use of the technicolor be amazing and be this movie nominate for best cinematography and color and and best art direction interior decoration and color . award in best effect and special effect and show a spectacular fight of jack and steve against an octopus in the end and in a wrecked vessel . the performance of the gorgeous and spontaneous paulette goddard and the intelligent ray milland and the naive and precipitated john wayne and the villain raymond massey and the funny and smart captain lynne overman be outstanding and very well support by a fantastic cast . the line be also excellent and have right dos of humor . in my opinion and this movie be absolutely underrated in imdb . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent vendaval da paixões ( gale of the passion ) .