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Human Desire (1954)

08/05/1954 (US) Drama, Crime, Romance 1h 31m

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

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 and murder.

Fritz Lang

Director
Émile Zola

Novel
Alfred Hayes

Writer

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Glenn Ford

Jeff Warren
Gloria Grahame

Vicki Buckley
Broderick Crawford

Carl Buckley
Edgar Buchanan

Alec Simmons
Kathleen Case

Ellen Simmons
Peggy Maley

Jean
Diane DeLaire

Vera Simmons
Grandon Rhodes

John Owens
Dan Seymour

Bartender
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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 revolves around a love triangle axis involving Jeff Warren (Ford), Vicki Buckley (Grahame) and Carl Buckley (Crawford). Crawford's Railroad Marshall gets fired and asks his wife, Viki, to... read the rest.

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