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Desire Under the Elms
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Title: Desire Under the Elms

Release Date: 12 Mar 1958

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Don Hartman Productions, Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Don Hartman Productions, Paramount Pictures

Overview: Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons of two wives Cabot has overworked into early graves. Most bitter is Eben, whose mother had owned most of the farm, and who feels who should be sole heir. When the old man brings home a new wife, Anna, she becomes a fierce contender to inherit the farm. Two of the sons leave when Eben gives them the fare in return for their shares of the farm. Meanwhile, Anna tries to cause some sparks by rubbing up against Eben.

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Average Vote: 6.8 (20 votes)

Cast

  • Anna Cabot: Sophia Loren
  • Abel Cabot: Anthony Perkins
  • Éphraïm Cabot: Burl Ives
  • Pierre Cabot: Pernell Roberts
  • Simeon Cabot: Frank Overton
  • Lucinda Cabot: Rebecca Welles
  • Florence Cabot: Jean Willes
  • la mère d’Eben: Anne Seymour
  • Fiddler: Roy Fant
  • Farmer: Jamie Forster
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