Written on the Wind
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Writer: George Zuckerman, Robert Wilder
- Producer: Albert Zugsmith
CGiii Comment
"This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!"
On 24 October 1955, the hard-working 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 who sees her as a sister. One year later, Kyle discovers that he has a problem and might be sterile and starts drinking again. The jealous Marylee poisons Kyle telling that his wife and Mitch are having a love affair. When Lucy finds that she is pregnant, Kyle believes that the baby belongs to Mitch and his mistrust leads to a tragedy.
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Cast & Characters
Rock Hudson (as Mitch Wayne)
Lauren Bacall (as Lucy Moore Hadley)
Robert Stack (as Kyle Hadley)
Dorothy Malone (as Marylee Hadley)
Robert Keith (as Jasper Hadley)
Grant Williams (as Biff Miley)
Robert J. Wilke (as Dan Willis)
Edward Platt (as Doctor Paul Cochrane (as Edward C. Platt))
Harry Shannon (as Hoak Wayne)
John Larch (as Roy Carter)
Joseph Granby (as R.J. Courtney)
Roy Glenn (as Sam)
Maidie Norman (as Bertha)
William Schallert (as Reporter)
Joanne Jordan (as Brunette)
Dani Crayne (as Blonde)
Dorothy Porter (as Secretary)
Benjie Bancroft (as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))
Lulu Mae Bohrman (as Party Guest (uncredited))
Gail Bonney (as Hotel Floorlady (uncredited))
Paul Bradley (as Maitre d' (uncredited))
Robert Brubaker (as Hotel Manager (uncredited))
Boyd Cabeen (as Reporter (uncredited))
George Calliga (as Restaurant Patron (uncredited))
Dick Cherney (as Restaurant Patron (uncredited))