Human Desire

"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."

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Jeff Warren

Gloria Grahame

as Vicki Buckley

Broderick Crawford

as Carl Buckley

Edgar Buchanan

as Alec Simmons

Kathleen Case

as Ellen Simmons

Peggy Maley

as Jean

Diane DeLaire

as Vera Simmons

Grandon Rhodes

as John Owens

Dan Seymour

as Bartender

John Pickard

as Matt Henley

Paul Brinegar

as Brakeman

Dan Riss

as Prosecutor Gruber

John Zaremba

as Russell

Carl Lee

as John Thurston

Olan Soule

as Lewis

Crew

Alfred Hayes

Writer

Émile Zola

Novel

Fritz Lang

Director

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Original Music Composer

Lewis J. Rachmil

Producer

Robert Peterson

Art Direction

Milton Feldman

Assistant Director

Aaron Stell

Editor

William Kiernan

Set Decoration

John P. Livadary

Sound

Burnett Guffey

Director of Photography

William A. Lyon

Editor

John P. Livadary

Recording Supervision

Clay Campbell

Makeup Artist

Morris Stoloff

Conductor

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Jean Louis

Costume Design