---
title: 'Written on the Wind (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Douglas Sirk'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/written-on-the-wind-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049966/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Written on the Wind (1956)

1956 · 99 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Written on the Wind is a 1956 American Southern Gothic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone. It follows the complicated relationships among dysfunctional family members of a Texas oil dynasty: its alcoholic heir, his wife, his childhood best friend, and his ruthless, self-destructive sister.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Douglas Sirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-sirk)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wilder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Skinner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-skinner)
- **Producer:** [Albert Zugsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-zugsmith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Metty](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-metty)
- **Editor:** [Russell F. Schoengarth](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-f-schoengarth)

## Cast

- [Roy Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-glenn)
- [Edward Platt](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-platt)
- [Robert J. Wilke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-wilke)
- [Carlene King Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlene-king-johnson)
- [Dorothy Malone](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-malone)
- [Rock Hudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rock-hudson)
- [Lauren Bacall](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-bacall)
- [Robert Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-keith)
- [Grant Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-williams)
- [Harry Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-shannon)
- [Maidie Norman](https://cinepixo.com/people/maidie-norman)
- [John Larch](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-larch)
- [Robert Stack](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stack)

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