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Written on the Wind is a 1956 American Southern Gothic [5] melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone.
Written on the Wind: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone. 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.
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- Drama
- Douglas Sirk
- 1956-12-25
Jan 18, 1998 · A perverse and wickedly funny film by Douglas Sirk, who subverts the materialism and hollowness of 1950s American life with exaggerated style and irony. Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone star in this soap opera about oil, alcohol, nymphomania and impotence.
A drama about two friends who fall in love with the same woman, and the tragic consequences of their jealousy and insecurity. Kyle Hadley, an alcoholic playboy and oil heir, marries Lucy Moore, but suspects her of having an affair with his best friend Mitch Wayne, a geologist.
Written on the Wind is a startling, overheated tale about the schemes and fantasies of a decadent Texas oil family. Robert Stack and sister Dorothy Malone run amuck through the lives of ad executive Lauren Bacall and geologist Rock Hudson.
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A Technicolor expressionist tragedy about a dysfunctional Texan oil family and their love triangles. The film features Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, and Dorothy Malone in a subversive critique of American culture.