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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.”
