Written on the Wind
“This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!”
1956•NR•1h 39m•7.0•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Douglas Sirk
Writer
George Zuckerman
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
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
Roy Glenn
Sam
Maidie Norman
Bertha
William Schallert
Reporter
Joanne Jordan
Brunette
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Albert Zugsmith
Recommended
7.1
An Autumn Romance
2021
7.2
Safe Haven
2013
7.2
The Choice
2016
7.3
The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020
6.1
Nine Lives
2005
6.5
Ali and Nino
2016
6.8
The Lost Husband
2020
7.4
Breathe
2017
6.3
Not Easily Broken
2009
6.3
The Yellow Handkerchief
2009
6.8
Tender Mercies
1983
7.3
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003
7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
7.1
After
2019
8.2
Life in a Year
2020
6.7
Nobody Has to Know
2022
6.5
Rancho Notorious
1952
6.2
My Brilliant Career
1979
6.5
Starving in Suburbia
2014
6.3
Hellfighters
1968
Similar Movies
6.3
Twilight
2008
6.7
The Tree of Life
2011
6.3
Disclosure
1994
7.2
Thank You for Smoking
2005
7.4
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
5.9
Wuthering Heights
2011
6.9
Hurricane Season
2023
6
A Round Trip to Love
2016
4.8
A Round Trip to Love 2
2016
6.4
Derailed
2005
7
Just Like Heaven
2005
5.8
The Heartbreak Kid
2007
5.7
The Beach Bum
2019
6.3
Just Cause
1995
6.8
Love Story
1970
6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Bag Man
0
5.8
Virginity
1937
6.7
The Longest Yard
2005
6.9
Orlando
1992