Human Desire
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1954
1h 31m
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English
Drama, Romance, Crime
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Human Desire
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Movie
1954
1h 31m
English
Drama, Romance, Crime
Jeff Warren, a Korean War vet just returning to his railroad engineer's job, boards at the home of co-worker Alec Simmons and is charmed by Alec's beautiful daughter. He becomes attracted immediately to Vicki Buckley, the sultry wife of brutish railroad supervisor Carl Buckley, an alcoholic wife beater with a hair-trigger temper and penchant for explosive violence. Jeff becomes reluctantly drawn into a sordid affair by the compulsively seductive Vicki. After Buckley is fired for insubordination, he begs her to intercede on his behalf with John Owens, a rich and powerful businessman whose influence can get him reinstated.
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Cast
Jeff Warren
Vicki Buckley
Carl Buckley
Alec Simmons
Ellen Simmons
Jean
Vera Simmons
John Owens
Bartender
Matt Henley
Brakeman
Prosecutor Gruber
Russell
Lewis
Directed By: Fritz Lang
Written By: Alfred Hayes, Émile Zola (Novel)
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
"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 More
John Chard
6 years ago
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. T More
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. T More
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