Human Desire (1954)
Director: Fritz Lang
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Lang's version of Zola's La Bête Humaine is, like all his best '50s work, as cold, hard and steely grey as the railway tracks which here mark out the action. Glenn Ford, the perfect embodiment of these qualities, returns from Korea, only to be pulled into the murderously destructive marriage between Grahame and Crawford (both superb). The bleak, dark marshalling yards are the perfect backdrop for the playing out of adulterous relationships where 'desire' signifies only fear, jealousy and hatred.Author: SJ
Cast & crew
Director: Fritz Lang
Producer: Lewis J Rachmil
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Grandon Rhodes, Dan Seymour full cast
Duration: 90 mins
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