Adele Mara, Dennis Hoey, Eduard Franz

John Wayne stars as a 19th-century sea captain out for revenge against a wealthy shipping magnate in this interesting and unlikely 1948 offering from Republic Pictures. Wayne plays the wronged Capta...( read more  read more... )in Ralls with a convincing bitterness that foreshadows his later work in the John Ford classic The Searchers, and his grim portrayal of Ralls hits a high point when Ralls purposely wrecks his enemy's prize treasure ship. The painfully beautiful Gail Russell costarred with Wayne only the year before in The Angel and the Badman and delivers a memorable performance as the tragic Angelique. Gig Young also stands out as a crewman who eventually learns the truth about Ralls. Wake of the Red Witch shares similarities in both character and climax to an earlier Wayne picture, C.B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind, but this film has a more direct approach in exploring the complex motivations of its characters. --Mark Savary

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Unrated, 106 min.

Directed by: Edward Ludwig

Release Date: March 1, 1949

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001

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  • October 30, 2009
    Decent enough retread of Reap the Wild Wind but nothing extraordinary. Good cast, both Gail Russell and Adele Mara look great and Gail is properly ethereal.
  • March 11, 2009
    Outstanding movie John Wayne is my family favorite actor
  • November 26, 2008
    John Wayne stars as a 19th-century sea captain out for revenge against a wealthy shipping magnate in this interesting and unlikely 1948 offering from Republic Pictures. Wayne plays the wronged Capta...( read more read more... )in Ralls with a convincing bitterness that foreshadow...( read more)s his later work in the John Ford classic The Searchers, and his grim portrayal of Ralls hits a high point when Ralls purposely wrecks his enemy's prize treasure ship. The painfully beautiful Gail Russell costarred with Wayne only the year before in The Angel and the Badman and delivers a memorable performance as the tragic Angelique. Gig Young also stands out as a crewman who eventually learns the truth about Ralls. Wake of the Red Witch shares similarities in both character and climax to an earlier Wayne picture, C.B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind, but this film has a more direct approach in exploring the complex motivations of its characters. --Mark Savary
  • September 25, 2008
    classic swahsbuckler! Got to love the scenes of Wayne fighting the octopus
  • April 26, 2008
    a different John Wayne movie. terrific.
  • February 3, 2008
    It was one of my favorite of his old movies
  • January 8, 2008
    Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
  • November 2, 2007
    Just remembered that I've seen it, not the movie itself unfortunately.
  • June 22, 2007
    its a must see flix

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