Dark Victory
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Film · TMDB
6.9Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
Released: 1939-04-20104 minDir: Edmund GouldingDrama, Romance
Cast
- Bette Davis as Judith Traherne
- George Brent as Dr. Frederick Steele
- Humphrey Bogart as Michael O'Leary
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Ann King
- Ronald Reagan as Alec
- Henry Travers as Dr. Parsons
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.4/10
12,737 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1939
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- brain tumor
- Director
- Edmund Goulding
- Screenwriter
- Casey Robinson
- Cast member
- Virginia Brissac
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Cinematographer
- Ernest Haller
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Categories
1939 American films1939 English-language films1939 films1939 romantic drama filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican films based on playsAmerican romantic drama filmsEnglish-language romantic drama filmsFilms about cancer in the United StatesFilms about disability in the United StatesFilms about socialitesFilms directed by Edmund Goulding