Human Desire (1954)
| Release Date | 05 August 1954 |
| Tagline | She was born to be bad...to be kissed...to make trouble! |
| Genre | Drama, Film-Noir |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Crime Drama, Psychological Drama |
| Mood | In a Minor Key |
| Themes | Love Triangles, Infidelity |
| Tones | Downbeat, Tense, Bleak |
| Tags | Alcoholism, Blackmail, Craziness, Engineer, Extramarital Affair, Generation Gap, Kill, Love Triangle, Suicide, Witness |
Human Desire (1954) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Fritz Lang, and based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola. The story was filmed twice before: La Bête humaine (1938) directed by Jean Renoir and Die Bestie im Menschen (1920).
Cast and Crew
Cast
Diane DeLaire
Vera Simmons
Grandon Rhodes
John Owens
Victor Hugo Greene
Davidson
Don C. Harvey
Yard Dispatcher
Carl Lee
John Thurston
John Maxwell
Chief of Police
John Pickard
Matt Henley
Dan Riss
Prosecutor Gruber
Dan Seymour
Duggan - the bartender
Olan Soule
Lewis
Hal Taggart
Gruber's Assistant at Inquest
John Zaremba
'Russ' Russell, Train Conductor
Director
Writer
Alfred Hayes
writer
Producer
Lewis J. Rachmil
producer
Original Music
Daniele Amfitheatrof
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Cinematographer
Editor
Aaron Stell
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Art Director
Robert Peterson
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Set Decorator
William Kiernan
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Clay Campbell
makeup artist
Helen Hunt
hair stylist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milton Feldman
assistant director
Sound Department
John P. Livadary
sound
Music Department
Production Company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Film-Verleih
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Destiny (1921)
Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922)
Fury (1936)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Harakiri (1919)
House by the River (1950)
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Liliom (1934)
M (1931)
Man Hunt (1941)
Metropolis (1927)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Moonfleet (1955)
Moontide (1942)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Secret Beyond the Door... (1948)
Spies (1928)
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
The Return of Frank James (1940)
The Tomb of Love (1959)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Western Union (1941)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
You and Me (1938)
You Only Live Once (1937)
