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Désirs humains

Original title: Human Desire
  • 1954
  • 12
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
6.2K
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Gloria Grahame in Désirs humains (1954)
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DramaFilm-NoirRomance

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.

  • Director
    • Fritz Lang
  • Writers
    • Alfred Hayes
    • Émile Zola
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Gloria Grahame
    • Broderick Crawford
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    6.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Alfred Hayes
      • Émile Zola
    • Stars
      • Glenn Ford
      • Gloria Grahame
      • Broderick Crawford
    • 76User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Jeff Warren
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Vicki Buckley
    Broderick Crawford
    Broderick Crawford
    • Carl Buckley
    Edgar Buchanan
    Edgar Buchanan
    • Alec Simmons
    Kathleen Case
    Kathleen Case
    • Ellen Simmons
    Peggy Maley
    Peggy Maley
    • Jean
    Diane DeLaire
    • Vera Simmons
    Grandon Rhodes
    Grandon Rhodes
    • John Owens
    Benjie Bancroft
    • Inquest Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Brinegar
    Paul Brinegar
    • Brakeman
    • (uncredited)
    Minta Durfee
    Minta Durfee
    • Inquest Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Jean Engstrom
    Jean Engstrom
    • Mr. Owen's Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Hugo Greene
    • Davidson
    • (uncredited)
    Don C. Harvey
    Don C. Harvey
    • Yard Dispatcher
    • (uncredited)
    Carl Lee
    • John Thurston
    • (uncredited)
    John Maxwell
    John Maxwell
    • Chief of Police
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Phillips
    Dorothy Phillips
    • Society Matron
    • (uncredited)
    John Pickard
    John Pickard
    • Matt Henley
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Alfred Hayes
      • Émile Zola
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    • Trivia
      Fritz Lang did not like the title and thought it redundant. "What other kind of desire is there?" is his reported comment.
    • Goofs
      When Jeff Warren is shown operating the throttle, three quick shots show the throttle in widely different positions with the middle footage being a shot of a trainman-operated throttle. In reality, no throttle would ever be moved between positions that quickly, as it would make for a violent ride, if it did not pull the cars apart at their couplings.
    • Quotes

      Jean: [dressing for a date] Zip me up will you, Carl?

      Carl Buckley: [impatiently] You dames, you spend more time gettin' dressed...

      Jean: Have to! It's much better to have good looks than brains because most of the men I know can see much better than they can think.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Thèmes et variations du cinéma (1967)

    User reviews76

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    8/10
    Fine Noir
    War veteran Jeff Warren (Glenn Ford) returns home and takes up his old position as a train engineer. One night Warren makes a pass at a friendly woman on a train, but she leaves him in a hurry, next day warren learns that a passenger wass murdered on the train he was travelling on. He is called as a witness at the inquiry. He tells the judge he saw nothing on the train and hides the fact from the judge that he unwittingly made advances on fellow passenger Vicki Buckley, the wife of his co worker Carl Buckley (Broderick Crawford). Warren and Vicki soon hit it off, but soon Warren believes Vicky may have had something to do with the killing. Nice thriller with some great railroad footage, but you might be hard pressed to recognize it as a Lang film. Grahame is especially good in a particularly slutty role
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    • Apr 18, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 8, 1955 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Human Desire
    • Filming locations
      • Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA(shot of train crossing river outside tunnel)
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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