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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1954-08-05
Languageen
Runtime1h 31m
Production

Columbia Pictures

6.7(149)
•1954•1h 31m

Human Desire

"A rarity on the screen … a RAW slice of life!"

CrimeDramaRomance

Overview

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.

Director
Fritz Lang
Writing & Screenplay
Alfred Hayes
Cinematography
Burnett Guffey

Principal Cast

15 credited
Glenn Ford
Glenn FordJeff Warren
Gloria Grahame
Gloria GrahameVicki Buckley
Broderick Crawford
Broderick CrawfordCarl Buckley
Edgar Buchanan
Edgar BuchananAlec Simmons
Kathleen Case
Kathleen CaseEllen Simmons
Peggy Maley
Peggy MaleyJean
Diane DeLaire
Diane DeLaireVera Simmons
GR
Grandon RhodesJohn Owens
DS
Dan SeymourBartender (uncredited)
John Pickard
John PickardMatt Henley

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