| Release Date: | Mar 1942 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Adventure / Action |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | 123 min |
| Cast: | Ray Milland (Mr. Stephen 'Steve' Tolliver), John Wayne (Captain Jack Stuart), Paulette Goddard (Loxi Claiborne) Raymond Massey (King Cutler) Robert Preston (Dan Cutler) Lynne Overman (Capt. Phillip 'Phil' Philpott) Susan Hayward (Cousin Drusilla Alston) Charles Bickford (Bully Brown (mate of the Tyfib)) Walter Hampden (Cmmdre. Devereaux) Louise Beavers (Maum Maria, the Claiborne Maid) Martha O'Driscoll (Ivy Devereaux) Elisabeth Risdon (Mrs. Claiborne) Hedda Hopper (Aunt Henrietta Beresford) Victor Kilian (Mathias Widgeon) Oscar Polk (Salt Meat) |
Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on the shoals of Key West in the 1840s. Salvaging the ships' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies -- one headed by a feisty young woman. Then she falls in love with the captain of a wrecked ship while he recuperates at her home. She travels to Charleston and is charming to the man most likely to be head of the captain's company, thinking she will be able to get the captain the position he wants on the company's first steam ship.
