Human Desire

1954 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 6,862 VOTES · DIR. Fritz Lang

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,103 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:33 (BELL RINGING)
00:06:52 YARD DISPATCHER ON PA: Carl Buckley. Check with the yardmaster.
00:09:27 Wonderful. Come on. I'll show you the way.
00:11:29 I'll introduce her to you one of these days.
00:13:46 What about this fella, Owens?
00:17:14 (SIGHING) All right.
00:20:01 They just got different faces so that the men can tell them apart.
00:22:20 And you just sat there for three hours talking?
00:24:35 What do you call him? "Sweetheart"?
00:33:24 We could sit down someplace and have a smoke, if you like.
00:38:46 Honorable sir, breakfast ready.
00:40:43 Vera, why can't somebody check the buttons on my shirt?
00:43:28 "Murdered by person or persons unknown."
00:46:23 Come on, I'll put you to bed.
00:50:20 But I couldn't keep it inside of me anymore.
00:56:52 He looked big, solid, decent.
00:59:36 I'm sorry. It's my fault.
01:02:56 I haven't asked her yet.
01:06:23 Because of what happened on the train.
01:08:44 (CRYING)
01:13:33 That sounds like the answer.
01:17:09 if something had happened to him in the yards...
01:23:02 And then all it took was a little push to get me to kill Carl.
01:27:11 You even pushed me out of the house.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,103
Dialogue density12.1 lines / min
First line00:01:33
Final line01:27:11

Production Record

DirectorFritz Lang
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,862