Director: Douglas Sirk

Writers: Robert Blees; Victor Heerman; Sarah Y. Mason; Wells Root

From novel: Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas

Keywords: Drama

Dissolute playboy Bob Merrick wrecks his speedboat, and the emergency treatment he receives deprives a saintlike physician, Dr. Wayne Phillips, of needed medical attention; Phillips dies. To make matters worse, Merrick's attempts to make amends inadvertently deprive Phillips' widow of her eyesight! Rock Hudson's breakthrough role, in this remake of Magnificent Obsession (1935). Director Douglas Sirk did not like the plot of this complicated melodrama and did not want to make it at all, but he was under contract with Universal Studios. Jane Wyman received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Cavanagh	Actor	8-Dec-1888	15-Mar-1964	The Scarlet Claw
Mae Clarke	Actor	16-Aug-1910	29-Apr-1992	Waterloo Bridge
Rock Hudson	Actor	17-Nov-1925	2-Oct-1985	Ice Station Zebra
Otto Kruger	Actor	6-Sep-1885	6-Sep-1974	Saboteur
Agnes Moorehead	Actor	6-Dec-1900	30-Apr-1974	Endora on Bewitched
Gregg Palmer	Actor	25-Jan-1927	31-Oct-2015	The Rebel Set
Barbara Rush	Actor	4-Jan-1927		The Young Philadelphians
Sara Shane	Actor	18-May-1926		The King and Four Queens
Jane Wyman	Actor	5-Jan-1917	10-Sep-2007	Falcon Crest

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