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All I Desire

Play trailer Poster for All I Desire 1953,  1h 19m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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An actress (Barbara Stanwyck) comes home to the husband (Richard Carlson) and children she abandoned years before.

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Ian Thomas Malone ianthomasmalone.com Apr 25, 2023
All I Desire could have been a damning indictment on the forced idealism of suburbia, instead conforming to a 1950s audience who weren’t ready to see the dream of the middle class crushed before their eyes. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Aug 29, 2020
3/4
Most certainly one of Douglas Sirk's lesser movies, All I Desire lacks some of the heart-rending visual flourishes of his masterworks, but it nonetheless remains a pretty solid piece of soap. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Seanax.com Apr 26, 2010
The dark corners in [Douglas] Sirk's America are first explored in All I Desire... Go to Full Review
Andrew L. Urban Urban Cinefile Aug 23, 2008
Sustained by wonderful performances, especially by Barbara Stanwyck, the story is engaging and develops in unexpected ways Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Mar 7, 2007
B
All the flaws cannot be attributed to Sirk, who does fine work slicing up small-town America's bourgeois life. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 30, 2005
3/5
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Hagrid S Oct 14, 2017 Stanwyck a force of nature, as usual. Not an interesting story to me.
Poe S Aug 15, 2017 Not one of Stanwyck's best, though she gives a good performance. Not much of a script to work with. Wooden acting by the "bad guy" of the piece. Predictable. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Douglas Sirk

Director

Barbara Stanwyck

Naomi Murdoch

Richard Carlson

Henry Murdoch

Lyle Bettger

Dutch Heinemann

Marcia Henderson

Joyce Murdoch

Lori Nelson

Lily Murdoch

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All I Desire

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Movie Info

Synopsis An actress (Barbara Stanwyck) comes home to the husband (Richard Carlson) and children she abandoned years before.
Director
Douglas Sirk
Producer
Ross Hunter
Screenwriter
James Gunn, Robert Blees
Production Co
Universal International Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 13, 2015
Runtime
1h 19m
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