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Human Desire(1954)
Status: Released
Date: 1954-08-06
67%
140 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Human Desire
Top 10 Billed 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
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