- HD 1080
- Runtime: 95m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Frank Borzage
- Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Ernest Cossart
- keywords: spain, paris, france, pearl necklace
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: Love was her precious loot!
- The Desire is featured in the top rankings of 1936
- #21 in Top Comedy Movies of 1936
- #16 in Top Romance Movies of 1936
- #27 in Top Drama Movies of 1936
- #8 in Top Crime Movies of 1936
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.