Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Broderick Crawford star in Fritz Lang’s “Human Desire”

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Broderick Crawford star in Fritz Lang’s “Human Desire” Human Desire (1954) is an American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Broderick Crawford. Peggy Maley, Kathleen Case, and Edgar Buchanan round out ... Read full article

Human Desire (1954): Fritz Lang vs. Jean Renoir

Edgar Buchanan always annoyed me endlessly on Green Acres reruns, and it’s affected me for a long time. Because only recently have I begun to realize just how broad and robust his body of film work is. He can be categorized with a breed of movie actor that is generally lost in today’s in... Read full article

Day 24 of Noirvember: Human Desire (1954)

These three. Without a doubt, Gloria Grahame is one of my favorite film noir actresses. Her sultry, sin-filled demeanor was practically made for this shadowy era of filmmaking, and in Human Desire, she doesn’t disappoint. Here, she’s Vicki Buckley, a sexy and duplicitous housewife whose feminine... Read full article

Human Desire (1954) with Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame

Share This! A rarity on the screen… a RAW slice of life! By 1954 most would say that Fritz Lang’s finest work was behind him, even though he had just come off a surprisingly effective noir thriller in The Big Heat, starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame. For his follow up to Heat, Lang c... Read full article

Human Desire (1954)

Human Desire Directed by Fritz Lang Written by Alfred Hayes based on the novel La Bete Humaine by Emile Zola 1954/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II Fritz Lang’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s La Bete Humaine features the most fatal of... Read full article