Human Desire

Aug 5, 1954

1h 31m

★ 6.8

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

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 and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, in 1997.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Jeff Warren

Glenn Ford

Vicki Buckley

Gloria Grahame

Carl Buckley

Broderick Crawford

Alec Simmons

Edgar Buchanan

Ellen Simmons

Kathleen Case

Jean

Peggy Maley

Vera Simmons

Diane DeLaire

John Owens

Grandon Rhodes

Bartender

Dan Seymour

Matt Henley

John Pickard

Brakeman

Paul Brinegar

Prosecutor Gruber

Dan Riss

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