
Magnificent Obsession
1954, Drama, 1h 48m
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Movie Info
Reckless playboy Robert Merrick (Rock Hudson) is in a boat accident, and his condition requires a resuscitator to save his life. Soon afterward Dr. Phillips has a heart attack and needs the same machine. Without it, Dr. Phillips dies. Due to his philanthropy and his wife Helen's accident, she (Jane Wyman) has very little money. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with Helen --falling in love with her in the process -- and decides to turn to the study of medicine to become a surgeon.
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Douglas Sirk
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Producer: Ross Hunter
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Writer: Robert Blees, Lloyd C. Douglas, Finley Peter Dunne, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, Wells Root
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Universal International Pictures
Cast & Crew

Jane Wyman
Helen Phillips

Rock Hudson
Dr. Bob Merrick

Barbara Rush
Joyce Phillips

Agnes Moorehead
Nancy Ashford

Otto Kruger
Edward Randolph

Gregg Palmer
Tom Masterson

Sara Shane
Valerie

Paul Cavanagh
Dr. Henry Giraud

Judy Nugent
Judy

George Lynn
Williams, Bob's Butler (uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting
Dr. Derwin Dodge

Helen Kleeb
Mrs. Eden

Rudolph Anders
Dr. Albert Fuss

Fred Nurney
Dr. Laradetti

John Mylong
Dr. Emil Hofer

Jack Kelly
First Mechanic (uncredited)

Lisa Gaye
Switchboard Girl (uncredited)

Douglas Sirk
Director

Robert Blees
Screenwriter

Lloyd C. Douglas
Writer

Finley Peter Dunne
Screenwriter

Victor Heerman
Writer

Sarah Y. Mason
Writer

Wells Root
Writer

Ross Hunter
Producer

Frank Skinner
Original Music

Russell Metty
Cinematographer

Milton Carruth
Film Editing

Bernard Herzbrun
Art Director

Emrich Nicholson
Art Director

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration

Bill Thomas
Costume Design
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Audience Reviews for Magnificent Obsession
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Dec 11, 2013Sirk 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.
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Aug 05, 2009This 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.
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Feb 01, 2009Expressive 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.
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Jan 24, 2009I 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.
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