Human Desire

Human Desire is a 1954 American film noir drama starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford directed by Fritz Lang. It is loosely based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel La Bête humaine. The story had been filmed twice before: La Bête humaine (1938), directed by Jean Renoir, and Die Bestie im Menschen, starring Ilka Grüning (1920).

Human Desire
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFritz Lang
Screenplay byAlfred Hayes
Based onthe novel La Bête humaine
1890 novel
by Émile Zola
Produced byLewis J. Rachmil
Starring
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byAaron Stell
Music byDaniele Amfitheatrof
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 6, 1954 (1954-08-06) (New York City)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Academy Film Archive preserved Human Desire in 1997.

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