anyone who have have to sit through lumbering dinosaur like the ten commandment might find it unlikely and but cecil b. demille have actually make some film which and if not exactly good and be interest in very unexpected way . take reap the wild wind and for instance . in theory and it be traditional and reactionary fodder and a tale about the greatness of america and capitalism and a the booming narrater assure u and with a feisty heroine tame by an upstanding representative of the law and and a weak man who punish for his crime against right . but in practice and it like moby dick film by powell and von sternberg . the sexual dynamic of the film be unheard of for such a big budget hollywood blockbuster of the early 1940s . paulette goddard be a strong willed salvage captain and bellow order and embrace danger and constantly throw a spanner in the work of her macho admirer . it these two you have get to see there aren not goose this camp outside of a carry on . john wayne oh yes and the duke in an amazing and self deluding and performance and be suppose to be a ragged man of nature and but he really a big girl and passive and confused and who constantly outwit and both intellectually and physically and by ray milland supposedly foppish and gay cod and lawyer . hilariously and he dress in black polo neck and with village people cap and and the dainty red cravat . i never saw such finery in a john ford film . milland and while unexpectedly resourceful and tough and be impossible to take seriously a an action hero and with his frilly shirt and fey curl and elegant elocution . and do not get me start on raymond massey . the film be nominally one of those disaster movie and like san francisco and the hurricane and in which a rambling love story pad out a now antiquate special effect laden finale . but and thankfully and here it doesn not quite work serious scene of action and suspense seem to be shoot parodically and and with an oddly comfortable homoerotic bristle while the startling use of colour and costume be disorientate . dandy monkey and talk dog add to the surreal effect . the pectacular squid finale and while bereft of tension ( due to demille ignorance of the basic law of film ) be a minefield of sexual innuendo . a remarkable film .