Human Desire

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

Glenn Ford

as Jeff Warren

Gloria Grahame

as Vicki Buckley

Broderick Crawford

as Carl Buckley

Edgar Buchanan

as Alec Simmons

Kathleen Case

as Ellen Simmons

Peggy Maley

as Jean

Diane DeLaire

as Vera Simmons

Grandon Rhodes

as John Owens

Dan Seymour

as Bartender

John Pickard

as Matt Henley

Reviews

John Chard

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. Th...

CinemaSerf

"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 retur...

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