Desire under the Elms 1958
- Director:
Delbert Mann
- Based on: play by
Eugene O’Neill
- Cast: Anthony
Perkins, Burl Ives, Sophia Loren
- Why? Perkins and
Ives
- Seen: 27 April
2025
Anthony Perkins and Burl Ives are
childhood heroes of mine and I like O’Neill’s plays. This is a melodramatic
family saga about passion and greed, beautifully filmed in black and white. Not
O’Neill’s best though. Too much romance and the end is unlikely.
3* of 5
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