Shadows Of Desire

Cast: Jerry Haynes, Joe Lando, Piper Laurie, Adrian Pasdar, Richard Roundtree, Nicollette Sheridan, Brandon Smith (I), Donald Sneed, Eleese Lester, Laura Poe

Director: Sam Pillsbury

Rated: Unrated

Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.

Genre: Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Theater Release: Sep 20, 1994

DVD Release: Apr 18, 2006

Synopsis: Set in Utah (but filmed in Texas), the made-for-TV Shadows of Desire will probably seem fresh and original to anyone who hasn't seen the old Katharine Hepburn-Robert Taylor-Robert Mitchum theatrical feature Undercurrent--or, for that matter, to anyone unfamiliar with the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. Central to the plotline is Rowena Ecklund (Nicollette Sheridan), a woman torn between her sincere love for the kindly, sensitive Jude Snow (Adrian Pasder) and her insatiable lust for Jude's arrogant, dangerous older brother Sonny (Joe Lando) (guess which brother has the longest hair and the sweatiest shirt?) The passions engendered by this triangle are matched only by the all-stops-out histrionics of Piper Laurie as Jude and Sonny's domineering mother Ellis. Originally telecast September 20, 1994, on CBS, Shadows of Desire has since been rerun on cable television and on Canadian TV under the title The Devil's Bed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi