Human Desire Movie Review 1954

Femme fatale Grahame and jealous husband Crawford turn out the lights on Crawford's boss (seems there's some confusion about how Miss Gloria managed to convince the guy to let her hubby have his job back). Ford's wise to them but plays see no evil because he's gone crackers for Grahame, who by now has decided she'd like a little help to rid herself of an unwanted husband. Bleak, melodramatic, full of big heat, its Lang through and through. Based on the Emile Zola novel "La Bete Humaine," which inspired Renoir's 1938 telling as well.

Distribution

Goodtimes Entertainment, 16 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016-0113, Phone: (212)951-3000, Email: information@goodtimes.com, URL: http://www.goodtimes.com

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, Femme Fatale, Film Noir, Books to Film: Emile Zola

Cast

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case

Cinematography

Burnett Guffey

Director

Fritz Lang

Producer

Lewis J. Rachmill, Columbia Pictures