Dark Victory

1939 · directed by Edmund Goulding

Rating
76/100
Hit
no

Socialite 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.

Dark Victory (1939), directed by Edmund Goulding, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Bette Davis
  • George Brent
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Henry Travers
  • Cora Witherspoon
  • Dorothy Peterson
  • Virginia Brissac
  • Charles Richman

Crew

  • Ernest Haller — Director of Photography
  • William Holmes — Editor
  • Max Steiner — Original Music Composer
  • Casey Robinson — Screenplay

More from Edmund Goulding

  1. Grand Hotel (1932) — 80/100 · hit
  2. Nightmare Alley (1947) — 77/100
  3. The Old Maid (1939) — 73/100
  4. The Great Lie (1941) — 66/100
  5. The Razor's Edge (1946) — 65/100

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