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The Dark Wind is a american film of genre Drama directed by Errol Morris released in USA on 1 january 1991 with Lou Diamond Phillips

The Dark Wind (1991)

The Dark Wind
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Released in USA 1 january 1991
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating55% 2.754472.754472.754472.754472.75447

The Dark Wind is the second Tony Hillerman novel to feature Officer Jim Chee. Recent college graduate Jim Chee has just taken a job with the Navajo Tribal Police in Arizona, where he helps keep the peace with his superior Captain Largo on land earmarked for joint use by the Navajo and the Hopi. Cowboy Dashee, a deputy sheriff from the Hopi law enforcement group, discovers a decaying and unidentified body in the desert, and thinks that the body may be linked to a recent robbery at the reservation's trading post. The shop's manager, Jake West, is convinced that Joe Musket, a Navajo drug dealer, is responsible for the killing. Chee investigates the murder, the robbery, and a mysterious plane crash.

The novel was adapted as a feature film in 1991. It starred Lou Diamond Phillips as Jim Chee, Fred Ward as Joe Leaphorn and Gary Farmer as Cowboy Dashee. It was directed by Errol Morris, a documentary film-maker making his dramatic feature debut, and was produced by Robert Redford.

Synopsis

Navajo de pure souche évoluant sur le territoire de ses ancêtres, le sergent Jim Chee est charge de découvrir pourquoi la pompe éolienne No6 a été sabotée. L'enquête s'annonce délicate dans cette contrée ou règne la loi du silence. Un premier cadavre est découvert en zone Hopi, puis, une nuit, Jim est témoin d'un étrange accident d'avion…

Actors

Lou Diamond Phillips

(Officer Jim Chee)Fred Ward

(Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn)John Karlen
Gary Farmer

(Cowboy Albert Dashee)Gary Basaraba

(Larry)
And :
Guy Boyd
Blake Clark
Billy Beck
Michelle Thrush
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