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The Searching Wind
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Wikipedia article
'The Searching Wind' is a 1946 American feature film directed by William Dieterle and starring Robert Young, Sylvia Sidney, and Ann Richards. It is based on the play of the same name by Lillian Hellman.[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89352/The-Searching-Wind/ 'The Searching Wind'] at TCMDB It had originally been planned for producer Hal Wallis to make the film at Warner Bros., but after he left the studio he brought the project to Paramount Pictures.Dick p.112-13
Synopsis
In 1945, after hearing of the death of Mussolini, an American career diplomat and his family reflect on his mistakes he made during the interwar years.
Cast
*Robert Young as Alex Hazen
*Sylvia Sidney as Cassie Bowman
*Ann Richards as Emily Hazen
*Dudley Digges as Moses
*Douglas Dick as Sam Hazen
*Albert Basserman as Count Von Stammer
*Dan Seymour as Torrone
*Ian Wolfe as Sears
*Marietta Canty as Sophronia
*Norma Varden as Mrs. Hayworth
*Charles D. Brown as Carter
*Don Castle as David
*William Trenk as Ponette
*Mickey Kuhn as Sam as a Boy
Original play
Hellman's play debuted on Broadway in 1944 and ran for 318 performances. Montgomery Clift was in the original cast.[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1412 'The Searching Wind'] at IBDB
References
Bibliography
* Dick, Bernard F. 'Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars'. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
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