The Searching Wind
1946 | 108m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | William Dieterle |
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| Writer: | Lillian Hellman |
| Staring: |
| Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in Rome just as Mussolini is coming to power. There Alex marries Emily, daughter of a newspaper publisher who hires Cassie for his Paris bureau -- just before retiring from active management of his paper. Alex and Emily's son Sam, recently returned from active duty in World War II, learns the whole story one night in Washington when Emily invites Cassie to dinner. Sam has a story to tell, too. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 09, 1946 |
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| Director: | William Dieterle |
| Writer: | Lillian Hellman |
| Genres: | War |
| Keywords | diplomat |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Robert Young | Alex Hazen |
| Sylvia Sidney | Cassie Bowman |
| Ann Richards | Emily Taney Hazen |
| Dudley Digges | Moses Taney |
| Douglas Dick | Sam Hazen |
| Albert Bassermann | Count von Stammer |
| Dan Seymour | Torrone |
| Ian Wolfe | Sears |
| Marietta Canty | Sophronia |
| Norma Varden | Mrs. Hayworth |
| Charles D. Brown | Carter |
| Don Castle | David |
| William Trenk | Ponette |
| Mickey Kuhn | Sam (as a child) |
| Ann Carter | Sarah Hazen |
| Dave Willock | Harry, Male Nurse |
| Frederick Giermann | Eppler |
| Arthur Loft | Dr. Crocker |
| Georges Renavent | Ambassador de Frontigny |
| Henry Rowland | Capt. Hetderbreck |
| Reginald Sheffield | Harry, Reporter |
| Marie Surdez | Countess Marigny |
| Frank Ferguson | Embassy Attendant (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Warren Low | Editor |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| William Dieterle | Director |
| Franz Bachelin | Art Direction |
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Lillian Hellman | Screenplay, Theatre Play |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
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