The Searching Wind
Directed by	William Dieterle
Screenplay by	Lillian Hellman
Based on	The Searching Wind (1944 play) by Lillian Hellman
Produced by	Hal Wallis
Starring	Robert Young Sylvia Sidney Ann Richards
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Warren Low
Music by	Victor Young
Production company	Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 9, 1946 (1946-08-09)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Searching Wind is a 1946 American drama 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Plot

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.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Dick, Bernard F. Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

External links

• The Searching Wind at IMDb
• The Searching Wind at the TCM Movie Database
• The Searching Wind at New York Times