Fritz Lang’s fraught melodrama about love, lust and murder packs a special punch thanks to the volatile presence of Broderick Crawford as a jealous railroader and Gloria Grahame as his two-timing wife. Glenn Ford plays the poor army vet caught in their web.
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You forgot to mention it’s a remake
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Terrific commentary!
I thought Human Desire was good, but somewhat disappointing following the superb The Big Heat. Perhaps I was expecting a similar type of movie to that as opposed to a melodrama? Either way, Gloria Grahame and Glenn Ford are fantastic in this!
Great commentary for a terrific film. Glenn Ford was absolutely the hardest working actor in film noir. And did Gloria ever have a stable relationship?
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Talking of having violence inflicted upon an actress: that scene with Illeana and DeNiro in Cape Fear shocked me to the core in 1991.
Illeana Douglas is someone you know you could sit and chat films about!! Plus I bet she is someone who if you said.. one of my favourite actresses is Una Merkle, she actually bloody knows who she is!!
She really goes on, doesn't she? And what's the point of cutting in black and white shots from the side as she talks into a displaced camera? I don't usually admit to this kind of thing, but I bailed out before the trailer was finally run. They did run the trailer, didn't they?
Glen Ford ruled the box office for a time I read. Always liked him . Deserves more recognition.
Your so right, I saw this film couple of years ago, same interest in the interaction of Ford, Grahame and Crawford, plus the visuals, and latter on in life Ford gets busted for illegal chickens, Frank sez: "That's life," hain't it the truth.
Another excellent TFH, thanks. This provides a needed perspective on Noir movies.
The whole plot is kind of weird. Vicky doesn't want to try to get Carl's job back. She knows the boss but wants to avoid him. Carl bullies her into seeing the boss on her husband's behalf. Uh . . . what did he expect to happen?
sharp analysis by Illeana as always. what the work does to one's spirit, esp. when it's a constant kind of degradation.. yeah, it's a real question.
Woof! If Ileana Douglas wrote all that herself, I am seriously impressed. I'm happy enough watching actors act, but when they start to speak without a script, I can't leave the room fast enough on the whole. It's not their fault. It's like asking a boxes to dance Odette/Odile, or vice versa.
But Ms Douglas was great here. I really loved the part where she makes the connection between the characters Gloria Grahame always seemed to play, and how she felt about that herself.
I love noir films of the 40s and 50s. I was a teen in the 70s. There was zero television that was watchable in the US at that time. Nothing. Well, no, I quite liked The Night Stalker for the 4 minutes it was on. But lets not mistake that for "quality".
Back then local stations used to fill their night hours with old films. I have physical problems which make sleeping very hard. So I'd note what films were being shown at 4:30,am or so forth, and watch them
Between 12 and 17 years I saw a lot of fantastic films. It's really hard to see most of these today. One can get very famous titles, but not the B movies. (I'm not saying Fritz Lang ever made a B movie) or the C or D ones for that matter.
Fantastic film… just saw it for the first time tonight…. I have seen Gloria Grahame in many films. She is always top knotch.
This is an equally good remake of Jean Renoir's La Bete Humaine!
Very astute analysis. I have become a big fan of Ileana Douglass. She is a true scholar with respect to cinema. I’m currently reading her book about movies set in Connecticut.
I just watched it, some people liked it, i am recommending waste of time to watch. So simple, silly and unbelievable….