--- title: 'Desire Under the Elms (1958)' type: 'film' director: 'Delbert Mann' released: '1958-03-12' runtime_minutes: 111 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/desire-under-the-elms-1958' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051534/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Desire Under the Elms (1958) 1958 · 111 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Desire Under the Elms is a 1958 American film version of the 1924 play Desire Under the Elms written by Eugene O'Neill. The film was directed by Delbert Mann from a screenplay by O'Neill and Irwin Shaw. The cast included Sophia Loren as Abbie, Anthony Perkins as Eben, Burl Ives as Ephraim, Frank Overton as Simeon, and Pernell Roberts as Peter. The film was nominated for Best Black and White Cinematography at the Academy Awards and Laurel Awards in 1959. It was also entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. ## Credits - **Director:** [Delbert Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/delbert-mann) - **Screenplay:** [Eugene O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-o-neill), [Irwin Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-shaw) - **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein) - **Producer:** [Don Hartman](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-hartman) - **Director of Photography:** [Daniel L. Fapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-l-fapp) - **Editor:** [George Boemler](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-boemler) ## Cast - [Burl Ives](https://cinepixo.com/people/burl-ives) - [Jean Willes](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-willes) - [Pernell Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/pernell-roberts) - [Anne Seymour](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-seymour) - [Anthony Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-perkins) - [Frank Overton](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-overton) - [Sophia Loren](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophia-loren) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/desire-under-the-elms-1958 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2468927); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.