
The Searching Wind
Drama · War
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.
Top Cast


Robert Young
Robert Young
Alex Hazen
Robert Young
Alex Hazen


Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
Cassie Bowman
Sylvia Sidney
Cassie Bowman


Ann Richards
Ann Richards
Emily Taney Hazen
Ann Richards
Emily Taney Hazen


Dudley Digges
Dudley Digges
Moses Taney
Dudley Digges
Moses Taney


Douglas Dick
Douglas Dick
Sam Hazen
Douglas Dick
Sam Hazen


Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann
Count von Stammer
Albert Bassermann
Count von Stammer
Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour
Torrone
Dan Seymour
Torrone


Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe
Sears
Ian Wolfe
Sears


Marietta Canty
Marietta Canty
Sophronia
Marietta Canty
Sophronia


Norma Varden
Norma Varden
Mrs. Hayworth
Norma Varden
Mrs. Hayworth
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