Wind Across the Everglades
1958 film by Nicholas Ray / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wind Across the Everglades is a 1958 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray. Ray was fired from the film before production was finished, and several scenes were completed by screenwriter Budd Schulberg, who also supervised the editing. Chris Fujiwara wrote on Turner Classic Movies that the film is "an acid test for auteurists, one of those special films that, while ignored or despised for the most part, are cherished and fiercely defended by those who love great American directors."[1]
Wind Across the Everglades | |
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Directed by | Nicholas Ray |
Written by | Budd Schulberg |
Produced by | Stuart Schulberg |
Starring | Burl Ives Christopher Plummer Gypsy Rose Lee Chana Eden Mackinlay Kantor Emmett Kelly |
Cinematography | Joseph C. Brun |
Edited by | Georges Klotz Joseph Zigman |
Music by | Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film stars Burl Ives, features Christopher Plummer in his first lead role (and his second film role overall) and introduces Chana Eden, who plays the leading lady, and a young Peter Falk, who plays a minor role. Former stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and circus clown Emmett Kelly also are among those in an unusual cast.[2]
It was filmed on location in Everglades National Park in Technicolor.