

Human Desire
1954-08-05 · 91 min · ★ 6.7
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.
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- Directors
- Fritz Lang
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Glenn FordJeff Warren
Gloria GrahameVicki Buckley
Broderick CrawfordCarl Buckley
Edgar BuchananAlec Simmons
Kathleen CaseEllen Simmons
Peggy MaleyJean
Diane DeLaireVera Simmons
John PickardMatt Henley
Paul BrinegarBrakeman
Dan RissProsecutor Gruber
John ZarembaRussell
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