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Cast

Rock Hudson
as Bob Merrick

Jane Wyman
as Helen Phillips

Barbara Rush
as Joyce Phillips

Agnes Moorehead
as Nancy Ashford

Otto Kruger
as Rudolph

Gregg Palmer
as Tom Masterson

Sara Shane
as Valerie

Paul Cavanagh
as Dr. Giraud

Judy Nugent
as Judy

George Lynn
as Williams

Richard Cutting
as Dr. Dodge

Richard H. Cutting
as Dr. Dodge

Will J. White
as Sgt. Ames

Helen Kleeb
as Mrs. Eden

Rudolph Anders
as Dr. Fuss

Fred Nurney
as Dr. Laradetti

John Mylong
as Dr. Hofer

Jack Kelly
as First Mechanic

Lisa Gaye
as Switchboard Girl

William Leslie
as Customer

Lance Fuller
as Customer

Brad Johnson
as Customer

Myrna Hansen
as Customer

Alexander Campbell
as Dr. Allan

Joseph Mell
as Dan

Harold Dyrenforth
as Mr. Jouvet

Norbert Schiller
as Mr. Long

Mae Clarke
as Mrs. Miller

Kathleen O'Malley
as Switchboard Girl

Joy Hallward
as Maid

Lee Roberts
as Second Mechanic

Harvey Grant
as Chris

Robert B. Williams
as Sgt. Burnham

Lucille Lamarr
as Nurse

Gail Bonney
as Phyllis

Lucille Lamar
as Nurse

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Critic Reviews for Magnificent Obsession

Audience Reviews for Magnificent Obsession

• Dec 11, 2013

  Sirk was an expert at the melodramatic and I had the wonderful opportunity to see this on the big screen. There is cheesiness in some parts but it is sweeping in its camera angles and its charms.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Aug 05, 2009

  This is a wonderful movie of the fifties, with a cast of stars that in today?s film world would be unheard off. The budget to get these stars together today would make anyone faint. Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, and Agnes Moorehead. I grew up thinking Agnes Moorehead was a witches mother and she looked like one on Bewitched. But in this movie as in others from the fifties she proved to be a glorious actress. Rock Hudson plays the part of a young Millionaire with not a care in the world till his life is save at the expense of another?s. He then falls in love with the wife of the man who dies, and the only way to win her is losing his spoiled ways and obtaining a Magnificent Obsession. How can any film the Rock appear in be awarded anything less the 4 stars.
  Bruce B Super Reviewer
• Feb 01, 2009

  Expressive colours, Incredible emotions, dramatic twists. Not only is this film just beautifully shot but running through all this glamor is (biting?) social commentary. Plus Jane Wyman is one of the few people that really are cute and a button and Agnes Moorehead brings he engrossing presence too.
  Patrick D Super Reviewer
• Jan 24, 2009

  I wouldn't call Magnificent Obsession Douglas Sirk's best movie but it's still good. Like any other Sirk movie, it's pungent with melodrama and you'll often ask yourself if people really talk like this, even in the 50s. But the exaggerated imagery (again, like any other Sirk movie) is so gorgeous you find its shortcomings easy to forgive.
  Michael G Super Reviewer

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