Desire Under the Elms

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• Genre(s): Drama, Romance
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Delbert Mann
• Cast(s): Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Pernell Roberts, Frank Overton See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 51min
• Music: Elmer Bernstein,Jim Miller
• Award(s): Oscar 1959 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Song Sung Blue, My Oxford Year
• Story:
  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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