Wild Is the Wind (1957)
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69% of users liked it
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Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose Tattoo (1955). Whereas in Tattoo, Anna Magnani played a widow who could never find a man to measure up to her late husband, in Wind her character, Giola, marries widowed rancher Gino (Anthony Quinn), who is… More Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose Tattoo (1955). Whereas in Tattoo, Anna Magnani played a widow who could never find a man to measure up to her late husband, in Wind her character, Giola, marries widowed rancher Gino (Anthony Quinn), who is haunted by the memory of his first spouse. The situation is dicier in Wind, since Italian immigrant Gino's deceased wife was Giola's sister. Eventually tiring of her husband's mood swings, Giola turns to his son, Bene (Anthony Franciosa), for emotional and sexual gratification. A Hollywood approximation of the Italian neorealist school of filmmaking, Wild Is the Wind was based on Furia, a story by Vittorio Nino Novarese. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Cukor
- Written By
- Vittorio Nino Novarese, Arnold Schulman
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 11, 1957 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Italian Anna Magnani received a second Oscar nomination for this marital drama by George Cukor, who was a replacement director.
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Cast
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Anna Magnani
as Giola
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Anthony Quinn
as Gino
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Anthony Franciosa
as Bene
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Dolores Hart
as Angie
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Joseph Calleia
as Alberto
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Lili Valenty
as Teresa
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Iphigenie Castiglioni
as Party Guest
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James Flavin
as Wool Buyer
- Ruth Lee
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Frances Morris
as Party Guest
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Dick Ryan
as Priest
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Joseph Vitale
as Party Guest
