Human Desire
Aug 05, 1954 | IMDB 6.7
91 min Watch NowCrime, Drama, Romance
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, in 1997.
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