Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device.… Read more
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Magnificent Obsession
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Movie · Drama · Romance · NR
1954 · 1h 48m · ★ 78% (8.4K)
This was the moment unashamed... when this man and this woman felt the first ecstasy of their Magnificent Obsession
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush
Overview
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
Director
Douglas Sirk
Production
Universal Pictures
Cast
Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer, Paul Cavanagh, Sara Shane, Richard H. Cutting, Judy Nugent, Helen Kleeb, Rudolph Anders, Fred Nurney, John Mylong, Alexander Campbell, Mae Clarke, Harvey Grant, Joseph Mell, Will J. White, William Leslie