“A rarity on the screen … a RAW slice of life!”
Human Desire
6.7
146 votes·1954
·1h 31m
·MovieCrimeDramaRomance
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.
Keywords
assassinationfilm noirdysfunctional marriagedeceitkorean war veteran
Cast
Glenn Ford
Jeff Warren
Gloria Grahame
Vicki Buckley
Broderick Crawford
Carl Buckley
Edgar Buchanan
Alec Simmons
Kathleen Case
Ellen Simmons
Peggy Maley
Jean
Diane DeLaire
Vera Simmons
Grandon Rhodes
John Owens
Dan Seymour
Bartender
John Pickard
Matt Henley
Paul Brinegar
Brakeman
Dan Riss
Prosecutor Gruber
John Zaremba
Russell
Carl Lee
John Thurston
Olan Soule
Lewis
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