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All I Desire is a american film of genre Drama directed by Douglas Sirk released in USA on 3 july 1953 with Barbara Stanwyck
All I Desire (1953)
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Add to a movie listAll I Desire is a 1953 drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Barbara Stanwyck as an actress who returns to visit her husband and children after having run off years before. It is based on the novel Stopover by Carol Ryrie Brink.
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Naomi Murdoch abandons her husband and children in Wisconsin, setting off to become an actress and also to flee from an aggressive former suitor, Dutch Heineman. She decides to return 10 years later at the invitation of daughter Lily, who is appearing in a high school play and about to graduate.Actors
Barbara Stanwyck
(Naomi Murdoch)
Richard Carlson
(Henry Murdoch)
Lyle Bettger
(Dutch Heinemann)
Lori Nelson
(Lily Murdoch)
Maureen O'Sullivan
(Sara Harper)
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