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Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 12, 1958

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

67%

Original Title

Desire Under the Elms

Production Companies

Don Hartman Productions, Paramount Pictures

Director

Delbert Mann

Description

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.