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Written on the Wind (1956)

APPROVED 99 min  -  Drama | Romance  -   December 1956 (USA)
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Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.

Director:

Douglas Sirk

Writers:

George Zuckerman (screenplay), Robert Wilder (based on the novel by)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rock Hudson ...
Lauren Bacall ...
Robert Stack ...
Dorothy Malone ...
Robert Keith Robert Keith ...
Grant Williams Grant Williams ...
Biff Miley
Robert J. Wilke ...
Dan Willis
Edward Platt ...
Dr. Paul Cochrane (as Edward C. Platt)
Harry Shannon Harry Shannon ...
Hoak Wayne
John Larch John Larch ...
Roy Carter
Joseph Granby Joseph Granby ...
Judge R.J. Courtney
Roy Glenn Roy Glenn ...
Sam
Maidie Norman ...
Bertha
William Schallert ...
Jack Williams (reporter)
Joanne Jordan Joanne Jordan ...
Brunette
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Storyline

On 24 October 1955, the hard-work geologist of the Hadley Oil Company Mitch Wayne meets the executive secretary Lucy Moore in the office of her boss Bill Ryan in New York and invites her to go to a conference with the alcoholic playboy and son of a tycoon Kyle Hadley. On the way of the meeting, he confesses that they had traveled from Houston to New York to satisfy the wish of the reckless Kyle, who is his best friend since their childhood, of eating a sandwich from club 21 and the meeting was just a pretext to Kyle's father Jasper Hadley. Mitch and Kyle immediately fall in love for Lucy, and Kyle unsuccessfully uses his money to impress Lucy; then he opens his heart and proposes Lucy. They get married and travel to Acapulco and the insecure Kyle stops drinking. Meanwhile, Kyle's sister Marylee is an easy woman and has a non-corresponded crush on Mitch that sees her as a sister... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

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Plot Keywords:

Drinking | Oil | Alcoholic | Millionaire | Drink  | See more »

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Kyle...who hid his secret behind a bottle and a hundred million dollars! See more »

Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

In den Wind geschrieben See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Humphrey Bogart was unimpressed by the film and advised his wife Lauren Bacall not to make another like it. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Marilee drives in a straight road in the petroleum area, but she nevertheless turns the wheel all the time. See more »

Quotes

Kyle Hadley: You're a filthy liar.
Marylee Hadley: I'm filthy - period!
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Connections

Referenced in Wonder Boys (2000) See more »

Soundtracks

"Temptation"
(uncredited)
Written by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Heard in the scene where Marylee dances and Jasper Hadley dies See more »