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Human Desire

Human Desire
★ 6.7/10•1954•1h 31m•14•Crime•Drama•Romance

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.

Alfred Hayes · Writer

Fritz Lang · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 31m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 5, 1954

Actors

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

John Owens

Dan Seymour

Bartender (uncredited)

John Pickard

John Pickard

Matt Henley

Paul Brinegar

Paul Brinegar

Brakeman

Dan Riss

Dan Riss

Prosecutor Gruber

John Zaremba

John Zaremba

Russell

Carl Lee

John Thurston

Olan Soule

Olan Soule

Lewis

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