The Wind
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9/15/1928Runtime
76 minsOverview
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
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A haunting silent film where the desolate Texas landscape and relentless wind become as much a threat as the social pressures closing in on Letty, building toward psychological and physical peril. Atmospheric and deeply disquieting, it transforms a woman's displacement into something verging on nightmare.
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Heads up
Lillian Gish
Letty
Lars Hanson
Lige
Montagu Love
Roddy
Dorothy Cumming
Cora
Edward Earle
Beverly
William Orlamond
Sourdough
Carmencita Johnson
Cora's Child
Leon Janney
Cora's Child
Billy Kent Schaefer
Cora's Child
Sam Appel
Vaquero (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Man at the Shindig (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
Little Boy (uncredited)
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