
Two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso explore a new, unusual friendship and the difficult road to self-discovery.


“This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!”
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.

Rock Hudson
Mitch Wayne

Lauren Bacall
Lucy Moore Hadley

Robert Stack
Kyle Hadley

Dorothy Malone
Marylee Hadley

Robert Keith
Jasper Hadley

Grant Williams
Biff Miley

Robert J. Wilke
Dan Willis

Edward Platt
Dr. Paul Cochrane

Harry Shannon
Hoak Wayne

John Larch
Roy Carter
Written on the Wind is a drama, romance film released in 1956 exploring themes of based on novel or book, texas, nymphomaniac, alcoholic, oil baron, tragic. Directed by Douglas Sirk, it stars Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack. Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
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