Wind Across the Everglades

Wind Across the Everglades
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.
Release date	September 11, 1958 (1958-09-11)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

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.