

Human Desire
A rarity on the screen … a RAW slice of life!
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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- Language
- English
- assassination
- film noir
- dysfunctional marriage
- deceit
- korean war veteran
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical6 Aug 1954
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical145 Aug 1954
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Human Desire was released on 5 August 1954.
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2- J8/10
John Chard
4/9/2019
You never knew me. Human Desire is directed by Fritz Lang and adapted for the screen by Alfred Hayes from the story "The Human Beast" written by Émile Zola. It stars Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford. Music is by Daniele Amfitheatrof and Burnett Guffey is the cinematographer. The story had been filmed twice before, as Die Bestie im Menschen in 1920 and La Bête humaine in 1938. The plot revolve…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/28/2023
"Jeff" (Glenn Ford) returns from the Korean War to the United States where he picks up where he left off at the railroad. His boss "Buckley" (Broderick Crawford) is the jealous sort and suspects that his wife "Vicki" (Gloria Grahame) is playing away with her former, and wealthy, boss. When she returns home one night, he confronts her and forces her to write a letter that will lure the man to an unused stateroom on a …
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