reap the wild wind be cecil b. demille contribution to such sea fare adventure classic a the sea hawk or 20 and 000 league under the sea . john wayne play a ship captain and ray milland play a lawyer and and paulette godard a feisty southern belle who come between them . there plenty of fight and a trial and and an entertaining squid . there susan hayward and robert preston and louise beaver and and raymond massey . there a wonderful music score and beautiful technicolor . there a playful monkey and a talk dog ( coutesy of milland ventriloquism ) . and it begin with demille narration to set the tone for an action pack and if occasionally talky and picture . this be good old fashion filmaking at it fine . for fan of all of the above and plus hedda hopper in her last role not play herself and i highly recommend you definitely seek this one out .