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Human Desire

Human Desire

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Human Desire

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

1954

1h 31m

6.7(146 votes)

Crime

Drama

Romance

Overview

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 following a murder on a train.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

Jeff Warren

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Vicki Buckley

Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

Carl Buckley

Edgar Buchanan

Edgar Buchanan

Alec Simmons

Kathleen Case

Kathleen Case

Ellen Simmons

Peggy Maley

Peggy Maley

Jean

Diane DeLaire

Diane DeLaire

Vera Simmons

Grandon Rhodes

Grandon Rhodes

John Owens

Dan Seymour

Bartender (uncredited)

John Pickard

John Pickard

Matt Henley

Creative team

Directed by: Fritz Lang
Written by: Alfred Hayes
Produced by: Lewis J. Rachmil

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