Desire Under the Elms
1958, Film, 111 min, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
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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Directed by Delbert Mann
Cast
- Sophia Loren as Wife-Ephraim's stepmother
- Anthony Perkins as Ephraim's youngest son
- Burl Ives as Husband
- Frank Overton as Son
- Pernell Roberts as Son
- Rebecca Welles as Lucinda Cabot
- Jean Willes as Florence Cabot
- Anne Seymour as Eben's Mother
- Roy Fant as Fiddler
- Edna Bennett as Housewife Gossip
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