Of Love and Desire

Of Love and Desire

94 mins | Drama | Sept. 11, 1963

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.

Of Love and Desire

94 mins | Drama | Sept. 11, 1963

Of Love and Desire
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.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers New World Film Corporation
Original title Of Love and Desire
Directors Richard Rush
Writers László Görög, Richard Rush

Cast

Merle Oberon

as Katherine Beckmann

Steve Cochran

as Steve Corey

Curd Jürgens

as Paul Beckman

John Agar

as Gus Cole

Steve Brodie

as Bill Maxton

Eduardo Noriega

as Mr. Dominguez

Rebeca Iturbide

as Mrs. Renard

Elsa Cárdenas

as Mrs. Domínguez

Tony Carbajal

as Dr. Renard

Aurora Muñoz

as Maria

Félix González

as Engineer

Felipe de Flores

as Julio