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68% Critic Match
Human Desire
“A rarity on the screen … a RAW slice of life!”
6.8 / 10• 1954• 1h 31m•NR• English
CrimeDramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew

Glenn Ford
Jeff Warren
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fritz Lang's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Human Desire is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”









