Desire Under the Elms (1958)
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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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Delbert Mann
- Written By
- Irwin Shaw
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 12, 1958 Wide
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Cast
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Sophia Loren
as Anna Cabot
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Anthony Perkins
as Eben Cabot
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Burl Ives
as Ephraim Cabot
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Frank Overton
as Simeon Cabot
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Pernell Roberts
as Peter Cabot
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Rebecca Welles
as Lucinda
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Jean Willes
as Florence
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Anne Seymour
as Eben's Mother
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Roy Fant
as Fiddler
- Eugene O'Neill
