Written on the Wind

Here's a melodrama that really commits. A geologist finds himself embroiled in the affairs of a Texas oil family and the unrequited desires swirling around them. Eventually someone gets accused of murder, as they do. It's hard to say if anyone emerges happy.

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Douglas Sirk directed Written on the Wind in 1956. See Douglas Sirk's full filmography, where to start with Douglas Sirk, or where to go after you've seen everything by Douglas Sirk.

Written on the Wind was released in 1956 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.