Human Desire - 1954

Glen Ford plays Jeff Warren in this Film Noir Classic. Warren has just returned home from the Korean War. He wants nothing more than to get back to what he loves- working as an engineer driving trains and being at the railroad. The movie in itself is really for train lovers as a lot of the scenes take place at the train yard or on the trains themselves. Gloria Grahame plays Vicki Buckley. She is married to an acholohic and wife beater- played by none other than Broderick Crawford (who is incredible in the movie All The Kings Men as the lead). This movie is about manipulation at it's highest form. Playing off of human emotions to get what you want out of life. Warren thinks he has fallen in love with a beautiful women (Vicki) who needs to be treated fair. It takes Warren until the end of the movie to realize that Vicki was playing him to get what she wanted, just like Mr. Buckley played his wife Vicki to get what he wanted. 3 stars for this one- slow at times but I really liked the message that came from this one.