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Written on the Wind

NR
Movie
1956
1h 39m
English
Drama, Romance
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
Rating
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7.2
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CRITIC SCORE
87

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Rock Hudson
Mitch Wayne
Lauren Bacall
Lucy Moore Hadley
Robert Stack
Kyle Hadley
Dorothy Malone
Marylee Hadley
Robert Keith
Jasper Hadley
Grant Williams
Biff Miley
Robert J Wilke
Dan Willis
Edward Platt
Dr. Paul Cochrane
Harry Shannon
Hoak Wayne
John Larch
Roy Carter
Joseph Granby
R.J. Courtney
Benjie Bancroft
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Hotel Floorlady (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Robert Brubaker
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Reporter (uncredited)
George Calliga
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Directed By: Douglas Sirk
Written By: George Zuckerman (Screenplay), Robert Wilder (Novel)

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soonertbone says...
5 months ago
I don't think anybody mastered Technicolor quite like Sirk (and Russell Metty)--this movie is just gorgeous from top to bottom. It's an agreeable enough soap opera, with a particularly standout performance by Dorothy Malone as a desperately frustrated sexual dynamo.
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