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Human Desire
Why this pick
Its trapped marriage, illicit attraction, and working-class fatalism echo The Prowler’s sense that desire quickly becomes a mechanism of control and ruin.
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MOVIE1951 1h 32m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Webb Garwood (Van Heflin), a disgruntled cop, is called to investigate a voyeurism by Susan Gilvray (Evelyn Keyes). Her husband works nights as an overnight radio personality. Webb falls in love with the young and attractive married woman.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
John Maxwell
Bud Crocker
Katherine Warren
Mrs. Crocker
Emerson Treacy
William Gilvray
Louise Lorimer
Motel Manager
Van Heflin
Webb Garwood
Robert Osterloh
Coroner
Evelyn Keyes
Susan Gilvray
Madge Blake
Martha Gilvray