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Written on the Wind

Summary: 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.

Release Date: December 25, 1956

Genre: Drama

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writers: George Zuckerman

, Robert Wilder

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributor: MCA Home Video, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

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14 year old teenage boy accidental death accidental shooting advertising agency airplane airport alcoholic alcoholism allergy to politeness audio flashback bar bare chested male bare chested man barefoot female bartender based on novel beaded curtain bed beer best friend black bartender black butler blackmail bloody face blowing leaves brother hates his sister brother hates sister brother sister relationship brother slaps his sister brother slaps sister cafe champagne cigarette lighter cigarette smoking coffee convertible corn whiskey courtroom crying woman dancer dancing dead mother dead wife death of best friend death of brother death of father depression desk appointment calendar dissipation doctor dog domestic violence drink drinking drinking from a bottle drugstore drunkenness dysfunctional family dysfunctional marriage eating executive secretary face slap falling down stairs false accusation false accusation of murder family relationships father daughter relationship father in law daughter in law relationship father son relationship fearlessness fight fireplace fistfight flashback food framed photograph friendship front porch funeral wreath gas station gas station attendant generation gap geologist geology guilt gun gun under a pillow gun under pillow heart attack hiding a gun homosexual subtext hotel suite husband wife relationship idle rich impotence incest infertility inquest jealousy jet plane judge jukebox kiss knife lie listening to music looking out a window love love triangle male male relationship male police officer male sterility man carries a man over his shoulder man in love with his best friend's wife man slaps a woman manipulative female marriage proposal mechanical riding hoirse melodrama memory miami beach florida miami florida millionaire miscarriage money motel murder inquest necklace necklace as a gift new york city news reporter newspaper newspaper headline nylon stockings nymphomania oil oil tycoon oil wealth oil well oil whell statuette party passion physical abuse physician picnic pinball machine pipe smoking pistol playboy police police officer portrait painting possessive female possessive love pregnancy profession of love promiscuity putting out a cigarette in a drink rear projection record player recording red sportscar reference to a drawbridge reference to a kiddie car reference to acapulco mexico reference to american football reference to an avalanche reference to being buried alive reference to christmas reference to cloud seven reference to college espulsion reference to hunting reference to indiana reference to iran reference to iraq reference to madison avenue manhattan new york city reference to magic dancing slippers reference to palm beach florida reference to sir galahad reference to teenage drinking reference to teterboro airport reference to the empire state building reference to the empire state building manhattan new york city reference to the stork reference to tom dick and harry reference to vermouth reference to washing someone's mouth out with soap reference to white trash reflection in a mirror refusing to accept the truth restaurant revenge rifle rival river rocking chair romantic rivalry sarcasm scene during opening credits self centered man self centered woman sex silence during opening credits slapped in the face southern gothic stairway star crossed lovers state trooper study the room surrogate brother surrogate brother relationship surrogate brother surrogate sister relationship taming of the shrew taxi teenage boy telegram telephone telephone call texas threat of arson threat of stabbing thrown to the ground title song told in flashback torment trial ukulele waitress washcloth on forehead wealth wedding anniversary wind woman brushes her hair woman seduces a man woman undresses woman wears a negligee woman wears a nightgown woman wears a strapless evening gown woman wears black woman wears long gloves woman wears toreador pants year 1955 yellow sportscar

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