Written on the Wind
“This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!”
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.
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Cast
64 people
Rock Hudson
Mitch Wayne
Known for
Seconds
Giant
Lauren Bacall
Lucy Moore Hadley
Known for
Misery
Murder on the Orient Express
Robert Stack
Kyle Hadley
Known for
Hercules
Airplane!
Dorothy Malone
Marylee Hadley
Known for
Basic Instinct
The Big Sleep
Robert Keith
Jasper Hadley
Known for
The Wild One
The Lineup
Grant Williams
Biff Miley
Known for
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Monolith Monsters
Robert J. Wilke
Dan Willis
Known for
Days of Heaven
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Edward Platt
Dr. Paul Cochrane
Known for
Get Smart
North by Northwest
Harry Shannon
Hoak Wayne
Known for
Citizen Kane
High Noon
John Larch
Roy Carter
Known for
Dirty Harry
The Amityville Horror
Joseph Granby
R.J. Courtney
Also in
Siren of Atlantis
Jealousy
Roy Glenn
Sam
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Douglas Sirk Director · George Zuckerman Screenplay Robert Wilder Author
Worldwide gross $4.3M · Budget $1.3M · United States release December 25, 1956
Box office
Budget
$1,300,000
Worldwide gross
$4,300,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 4, 1956
Theatrical · London
United States · December 25, 1956
Theatrical
United States · June 19, 2001
Physical · DVD
United States
February 1, 2022 · Physical · Blu-ray
Argentina
March 19, 1957 · Theatrical
Australia
January 3, 1957 · Theatrical
October 10, 2008 · Physical · DVD
April 3, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
Austria
February 8, 1957 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 17, 1957 · Theatrical
November 7, 2003 · Physical · Rep. Arrais
Canada
December 31, 1956 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 7, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Denmark
June 26, 1958 · Theatrical
Finland
February 22, 1957 · Theatrical
November 17, 1989 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
January 9, 1957 · Theatrical
September 12, 2012 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 3, 2016 · Physical · Blu-ray
Germany
December 28, 1957 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hong Kong SAR China
January 24, 1957 · Theatrical
Italy
January 9, 1957 · Theatrical
Japan
December 7, 1956 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 25, 1957 · Theatrical
April 1, 2009 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
July 10, 1999 · Theatrical · Re-release
Philippines
December 14, 1956 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 19, 1957 · Theatrical
South Africa
February 20, 1957 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 13, 2003 · Physical
Spain
January 15, 1960 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 26, 1956 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 2, 1998 · Theatrical · Re-release
February 21, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Uruguay
October 14, 1957 · Theatrical
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