The Dark Wind (1991 film)
| The Dark Wind | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Errol Morris |
| Produced by |
Robert Redford Patrick Markey |
| Written by |
Eric Bergren Neal Jimenez |
| Starring |
Lou Diamond Phillips Fred Ward John Karlen Gary Farmer |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Cinematography | Stefan Czapsky |
| Edited by |
Freeman Davies Susan Crutcher |
Production company | |
| Distributed by |
Seven Arts Pictures (through New Line Cinema) Artisan Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 111 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
English Navajo Hopi |
The Dark Wind is a 1991 theatrical mystery film based on The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman, one of a series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest. It stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Jim Chee and Fred Ward as Joe Leaphorn.
Synopsis
As Officer Jim Chee watches a windmill, trying to catch the vandal repeatedly sabotaging it, a small plane crashes nearby. Thus begins a tangled story involving not only the vandalism and the crash, but murder, drug smuggling, and burglary. Officer Chee is suspected by the FBI when drugs known to have been on the plane are missing.[1]