Of Love and Desire

"If you are an adult in every sense of the word you will not judge Katherine's temptations — until you know about Paul!"

1963 1h 34m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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American engineer Steve Corey comes to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and her half-brother Paul. He meets Katherine, and the man he is replacing, Bill Maxton, tells him that Katherine is his for the asking..."all you have to do is touch her---she goes off like fireworks. There were plenty of guys before me, and there'll be plenty after me." Steve finds Katherine as advertised but he falls in love with her. Once he sees that the romance is for real, brother Paul is more than a little displeased at this turn of events and brings back one of Katherine's earlier flames, Gus Cole, to tempt Katherine away from Steve.

“If you are an adult in every sense of the word you will not judge Katherine's temptations — until you know about Paul!”

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Cast

Merle Oberon
Katherine Beckmann
Steve Cochran
Steve Corey
Curd Jürgens
Paul Beckman
John Agar
Gus Cole
Steve Brodie
Bill Maxton
Eduardo Noriega
Mr. Dominguez
Rebeca Iturbide
Mrs. Renard
Elsa Cárdenas
Mrs. Domínguez

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Rush
Writers: Richard Rush, László Görög
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Rush, shot by Alex Phillips. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Merle Oberon and Steve Cochran and Curd Jürgens carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "If you are an adult in every sense of the word you will not judge Katherine's temptations — until you know about Paul!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0057378 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Richard Rush directs. Alex Phillips behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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163 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Richard Rush, shot by Alex Phillips. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Merle Oberon and Steve Cochran and Curd Jürgens carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "If you are an adult in every sense of the word you will not judge Katherine's temptations — until you know about Paul!".
6IMDB entry: tt0057378 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.