Desire under the Elms (1958)
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- 114 mins
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Desire under the Elms
Director Delbert Mann and screenwriter Irwin Shaw adapt Eugene O'Neill's 20th-century version of a Greek tragedy to the screen with a bit more discretion than need be. The story takes place in the New England of the 1840s. Emotionally cool but passionately hot farmer Burl Ives the smoldering Sophia Loren as his third wife. Anthony Perkins arrives to ignite this powder keg of pent-up lust, with Perkins and Loren engaging in a semi-incestuous love affair. When Loren becomes pregnant, Ives thinks the child is his own and the heat it turned up considerably. And with Eugene O'Neill aping Greek tragedy, could infanticide be far behind? ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Desire under the Elms:
Anthony Perkins also in The Trial , Psycho III , Psycho II , Psycho , Pretty Poison , Fear Strikes Out
Burl Ives also in Our Man in Havana , Day of the Outlaw , Summer Magic , Baker's Hawk , White Dog
Desire under the Elms Trivia
Who played Anna Cabot in the movie Desire under the Elms?
Sophia Loren played Anna Cabot in the movie Desire under the Elms
Who played Eben Cabot in the movie Desire under the Elms?
Anthony Perkins played Eben Cabot in the movie Desire under the Elms
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Burl Ives played Ephraim Cabot in the movie Desire under the Elms
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Frank Overton played Simeon Cabot in the movie Desire under the Elms
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Pernell Roberts played Peter Cabot in the movie Desire under the Elms
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