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I found Human Desire an unconventional, more interesting film. Perhaps The Big Heat has been so influential over the years, such that when I came to it I'd already seen enough echos of it, that I had a pretty good idea where they were going with it. Human Desire is one of my favourite noirs...

I don't consider this a step below The Big Heat, I like it better than that film. I was especially struck by the performance of Gloria Grahame. It should be noted that while this may be the US blu-ray debut, it was previously released as part of Eureka's Masters of Cinema series a few years ago.