The Searching Wind
The Searching Wind

The Searching Wind

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1946
1h 48m
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Overview

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.

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24 members
Acting

Robert Young

Alex Hazen

Robert Young
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Sylvia Sidney

Cassie Bowman

Sylvia Sidney
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Ann Richards

Emily Taney Hazen

Ann Richards
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Dudley Digges

Moses Taney

Dudley Digges
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Douglas Dick

Sam Hazen

Douglas Dick
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Albert Bassermann

Count von Stammer

Albert Bassermann
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Dan Seymour

Torrone

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Ian Wolfe

Sears

Ian Wolfe
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Marietta Canty

Sophronia

Marietta Canty
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Norma Varden

Mrs. Hayworth

Norma Varden
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Charles D. Brown

Carter

Charles D. Brown
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Don Castle

David

Don Castle
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William Trenk

Ponette

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Mickey Kuhn

Sam (as a child)

Mickey Kuhn
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Ann Carter

Sarah Hazen

Ann Carter
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Dave Willock

Harry, Male Nurse

Dave Willock
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Frederick Giermann

Eppler

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Arthur Loft

Dr. Crocker

Arthur Loft
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Georges Renavent

Ambassador de Frontigny

Georges Renavent
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Henry Rowland

Capt. Hetderbreck

Henry Rowland
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Reginald Sheffield

Harry, Reporter

Reginald Sheffield
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Marie Surdez

Countess Marigny

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Frank Ferguson

Embassy Attendant (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson
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Bess Flowers

Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

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