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One Desire is a 1955 Technicolor drama romance film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Anne Baxter, Julie Adams and Rock Hudson. Described as a "rugged story of oil-boom Oklahoma in the early 1900s", it was adapted from Conrad Richter's best-selling 1942 novel Tacey Cromwell. Baxter portrays a gambling house owner, Hudson a card dealer turned bank president and Adams the woman who comes between them. A young Natalie Wood is also in a featured role.
Although the music is generally by Frank Skinner, the film features a Henry Mancini song sung by Gene Boyd and backed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra which was uncredited to Mancini.
Original Release
09/02/1955
US Release
09/02/1955
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anne Baxter | Tacey Cromwell |
Rock Hudson | Clint Saunders |
Julie Adams | Judith Watrous |
Carl Benton Reid | Senator Kenneth A. Watrous / Sen. Kenneth A. Watrous |
Natalie Wood | Seely Dowder |
William Hopper | 'Mac' MacBain |
Betty Garde | Mrs. O'Dell |
Barry Curtis | Nugget Saunders |
Adrienne Marden | Marjorie Huggins |
Fay Morley | Flo |
Directors
Writers
Robert Blees, Lawrence Roman, Conrad Richter
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anne Baxter | Tacey Cromwell |
Rock Hudson | Clint Saunders |
Julie Adams | Judith Watrous |
Carl Benton Reid | Senator Kenneth A. Watrous / Sen. Kenneth A. Watrous |
Natalie Wood | Seely Dowder |
William Hopper | 'Mac' MacBain |
Betty Garde | Mrs. O'Dell |
Barry Curtis | Nugget Saunders |
Adrienne Marden | Marjorie Huggins |
Fay Morley | Flo |
Vici Raaf | Kate |
Lynn Millan | Bea |
Smoki Whitfield | Sam |
Fred Howard | Judge Congin |
Edward Earle | Mr. Hathaway |
Joel Allen | Mr. Ribbling |
Marshall Bradford | Railroad Official |
Jack Chefe | Bank Customer |
John Close | George |
Edmund Cobb | Driver |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ross Hunter | Producer |