The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

Paulette Goddardas Loxi Claiborne
Ray Millandas Stephen Tolliver
John Wayneas Captain Jack Stuart
Raymond Masseyas King Cutler
Robert Prestonas Dan Cutler
Lynne Overmanas Captain Phillip Philpott
Susan Haywardas Drusilla Alston
Charles Bickfordas Mate of the 'Tyfib'
Walter Hampdenas Commodore Devereaux
Louise Beaversas Maum Maria