First scene for Gloria Grahame as “Vicki,” her husband Carl (Broderick Crawford) arriving home from the rail yard to tell her he’s been fired, in Fritz Lang’s Human Desire, 1954, from an an Emile Zola novel also filmed by Jean Renoir as La Bete Humaine.

Human Desire is a 1954 American film noir drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford. A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker’s wife following a murder on a train where they meet. Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame worked with director Fritz Lang the year before in the film noir classic The Big Heat (1953). Glenn Ford starred with Broderick Crawford in two more movies: Convicted (1950) and The Fastest Gun Alive (1956). Broderick Crawford also appeared in the episode “Requiem for Miss Madrid (Episode 11)” from Glenn Ford’s TV series Cade’s County (1971-72).

Human Desire (1954) – Trailer

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) – Trailer

Cade’s County: Episode 11 “Requiem for Miss Madrid” – Glenn Ford

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

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