Written on the Wind

"[to Lucy] Something is happening to me. I find myself talking to you like I never talked to anyone before—not even Mitch...I think we're past the point of no return."

"Lucy, you decent? Lucy, are you dec---? [reflectively musing to himself] I guess she was."

"I can't keep holding back how I feel about you, Lucy. How I've felt ever since the first day we met. I'm in love with you."

"I'm allergic to politeness."

"[to Lucy] Oh, there's a man for you — or for me, rather. Kyle starts something. Mitch finishes it for him. Kyle falls on his face. Mitch picks him up. Kyle steals. Mitch takes the blame. And there you have the secret story of Kyle Hadley and his electric personality."

"[testifying at Kyle's inquest] Mitch Wayne was there - in the study with my brother. Kyle had a gun in his hand. He was raving mad, raving about things that weren't so. Mitch tried to talk to him, to make him understand how wrong he was, to stop him from using the gun. Afraid he might even use it on himself. I made a grab for the gun. Kyle and I struggled. The gun went off....Whatever he [Mitch] may have said, means nothing. Except he was worried about Kyle, as a brother for a brother...[Kyle]...was depressed by Father's sudden death and he'd been drinking...My brother always drank too much. He was sad, the saddest of us all. He needed so much and had so little."

"The story of a family's ugly secret and the stark moment that thrust their private lives into public view!"

"This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!"

"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"