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6.8A 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.
Released: 1954-08-0591 minDir: Fritz LangCrime, Drama, Romance
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
Themes
- assassination
- film noir
- dysfunctional marriage
- deceit
- korean war veteran
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
6,926 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
- Year
- 1954
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
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Internet Archive
moviesHuman Desire (1954) |Fritz Lang| Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford - Film Noir
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 758452
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- publication date
- 1954-11-03
- title
- Human Desire
- review score
- 60%
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1954 American films1954 crime drama films1954 English-language films1954 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican crime drama filmsColumbia Pictures filmsEnglish-language crime drama filmsFilm noirFilms about adultery in the United StatesFilms based on La Bête humaineFilms directed by Fritz LangFilms scored by Daniele AmfitheatrofFilms set on trainsFilms shot in OklahomaTemplate film date with 1 release date