The Dark Wind

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
Editing by	Freeman Davies Susan Crutcher
Studio	Carolco Pictures Le Studio Canal+
Distributed by	Seven Arts Pictures (through New Line Cinema) Artisan Entertainment
Release date(s)	November 1991 (London)
Running time	111 min.
Country	United States
Language	English Navajo Hopi

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.

External links

• The Dark Wind at the Internet Movie Database