Stronger Than Desire
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Directed byLeslie Fenton
Written by
Based onEvelyn Prentice by W.E. Woodward
Produced byJohn W. Considine Jr.
Starring
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byW. Donn Hayes
Music byDavid Snell
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
June 30, 1939
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$258,000[1]
Box office$423,000[1]

Stronger Than Desire is a 1939 American drama film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Virginia Bruce, Walter Pidgeon and Ann Dvorak. It is a remake of 1934 film Evelyn Prentice, itself based on the 1933 novel Evelyn Prentice by W.E. Woodward. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis, overseen by Cedric Gibbons.

Plot

Believing her husband Tyler has been seeing another woman, Barbara Winter, behind her back, Elizabeth Flagg begins a relationship with Michael McLain, who then blackmails her with her love letters. During a struggle for the letters, a gun goes off, McLain falls and Elizabeth flees. But police find McLain's wife, Eva, near the body and charge her with murder.

With a guilty conscience, Elizabeth asks her husband, a lawyer, to defend Eva in court. He endeavors to prove someone else did the shooting, unaware his own wife was directly involved. Eva eventually confesses, but is set free when it is determined that she acted in self-defense.

Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $263,000 in the US and Canada and $160,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $1,000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
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