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Human Desire

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Human Desire

A rarity on the screen … a RAW slice of life!

6.8

1h 31m

1954

“A rarity on the screen … a RAW slice of life!”

Synopsis

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, in 1997.

Director

Fritz Lang

Trailer

CrimeDramaRomance

assassinationfilm noirdysfunctional marriagedeceitkorean war veteran

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Cast & Crew

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

as Jeff Warren

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

as Vicki Buckley

Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

as Carl Buckley

Edgar Buchanan

Edgar Buchanan

as Alec Simmons

Kathleen Case

Kathleen Case

as Ellen Simmons

Peggy Maley

Peggy Maley

as Jean

Diane DeLaire

Diane DeLaire

as Vera Simmons

Grandon Rhodes

Grandon Rhodes

as John Owens

Dan Seymour

Dan Seymour

as Bartender

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