Written On The Wind (1956)

Written by Robert Wilder, George Zuckerman

Directed by Douglas Sirk

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1956

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Douglas Sirk's commentary on 50s life presaged the glamour and drama of Dallas and Dynasty as Robert Stack and Rock Hudson are the two men both in love with Lauren Bacall, Stack's wife. When Stack suspects he's impotent just as Bacall announces her pregnancy, the fur flies. Dorothy Malone won an Oscar for her role as nymphomaniac sister of Stack who secretly yearns for Hudson.

Cast

Rock HudsonMitch Wayne
Lauren BacallLucy Moore Hadley
Robert StackKyle Hadley
Dorothy MaloneMarylee Hadley
Robert KeithJasper Hadley
Grant WilliamsBiff Miley
Robert J. WilkeDan Willis
Edward PlattDr. Paul Cochrane
Harry ShannonHoak Wayne
John LarchRoy Carter
Joseph GranbyR.J. Courtney
Roy GlennSam
Maidie NormanBertha
William SchallertJack Williams
Joanne JordanBrunette

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