Wind Across the Everglades

Director: Budd Schulberg, Nicholas Ray Budd Schulberg

Overview

In this drama, an alcoholic conservationist works with the Audubon Society during the early 1900s. He tries to save the Florida Everglades from avaricious real estate developers and poachers. The poachers are after certain endangered birds because their tail feathers look nice in women's hats.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/06/2015
UPC:	0888574344023
Original Release:	1958
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	43,937

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Christopher Plummer	Walt Murdock
Burl Ives	Cottonmouth
Chana Eden	Naomi
Gypsy Rose Lee	Mrs. Bradford
George Voskovec	Aaron Nathanson
Tony Galento	Beef
Howard Smith	George
Emmett Kelly	Bigamy Bob
Pat Henning	Sawdust
Curt Conway	Perfesser
Peter Falk	Writer
Fred Grossinger	Slowboy
Mackinlay Kantor	Judge Harris
Sammy Renick	Loser
Toch Brown	One-Note
Frank Rothe	Howard Ross Morgan
Owen Pavitt	Sheriff
Sandra Schulberg	Actor
Hank Simms	Narrator
Sumner Williams	Windy

Technical Credits

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Screenwriter,Producer

Editorial Reviews

Wind Across The Everglades is a strange and wonderful little movie, despite some clunky moments here and there -- that it has only a few is a bit amazing, as, according to cast member (and producer's daughter) Sandra Schulberg, director Nicholas Ray was so strung out on heroin, that he had to be replaced three weeks into shooting by her father Stuart Schulberg. In any case, the picture is filled with off-beat casting and moments, most of them well-captured (and many of them quite effective), and above all gives ample room for the viewer to enjoy Joseph Brun's amazing cinematography -- this is a gorgeous picture to watch, and with some of the unexpected compexities of Budd Schulberg's script (which recalls The Sea Wolf in some respects) to carry it, and an environmental message that's still relevant five decades later, Wind Across The Everglades has a lot to recommend it.