Desire Under the Elms

Name: Desire Under the Elms
Director: Delbert Mann
Released: 1958
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Sophia Loren, Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives

1958 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,501 VOTES · DIR. Delbert Mann

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 953 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:04:36 That's where your father hides his money. It belongs to you.

00:08:21 Let Pa hear the crazy calls. One's enough for one family.

00:11:30 - Maybe he's dead. - It ain't that peaceful.

00:17:12 She was a waitress in a hotel in New Dover.

00:20:05 Till he comes, let's not do a lick of work.

00:23:29 You get to work.

00:26:53 I don't like to play-act mother to you.

00:31:50 It's not going to be open now. Is that plain enough?

00:37:51 You'll never see even a stone belong to you.

00:41:08 So you plan to leave the farm to Eben?

00:43:51 I see.

00:47:33 If you don't have a son to redeem you...

00:53:22 I tell you it is because you're here, because I'm tired of old men.

00:59:32 And my own home.

01:07:58 Don't be impatient. We'll be there right after dark.

01:11:33 What for?

01:15:22 Oh, now, Pa. We're only here a little while.

01:19:59 I'm the only man in the county.

01:24:04 Maybe they'd have given you a nugget of gold and let you see their wives.

01:27:08 I'm going back to sing and dance and celebrate.

01:30:00 He'll steal the farm for you.

01:33:59 That's what I should have done. I should have killed him instead.

01:38:27 I asked you, why did you do it? Why did you kill my son?

01:42:58 I ran across the fields and through the woods.

Cast & Characters

Sophia Loren Anna Sophia Loren Wife-Ephraim's stepmother Anthony Perkins Eben Anthony Perkins Ephraim's youngest son Burl Ives Ephraim Burl Ives Husband Frank Overton Simeon Frank Overton Son Pernell Roberts Peter Pernell Roberts Son Rebecca Welles Lucinda Cabot Jean Willes Florence Cabot

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed953

Dialogue density8.6 lines / min

First line00:04:36

Final line01:42:58

Production Record

DirectorDelbert Mann

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$1,000,000

IMDb votes1,501