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Magnificent Obsession (1954) | User Rating
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Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Studio Ross Hunter Productions, Universal, Universal-International
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Other Titles
• Magnificent Obsession
• Die Wunderbare Macht (1954)
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Genre: Drama, Tear Jerker, Melodrama, Doctor
Plot: Rock Hudson bursts through the screen as reckless playboy Bob Merrick in Douglas Sirk's MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION. He creams across a lake at 150 miles per hour in a brightly painted speedboat. Merrick's haughty indulgence sets off a fantastically spectacular chain of tragic events that will transform him and all of those around him. When the speedboat jaunt ends in an accident, Merrick must be resuscitated using the town's only life-saving mechanism, and as a consequence, leaving the saintly local surgeon, Dr. Philips, to die of a heart attack at his stately villa across the lake. When Merrick learns of his part in the doctor's death, he makes a half-hearted attempt to square things with the devastated widow, Helen (Jane Wyman). However, his careless ham-fisted apologies accidentally cause an accident that leaves Helen completely blind. Under the sure, visionary hand of master melodramatist Sirk, these sprawling, high-pitched coincidences congeal to create a stunning window into the morals and mysteries of the American family and value system. Merrick's trail towards redemption by way of a mysterious brand of Christian philanthropy engenders the "Magnificent Obsession" of the title, as he embarks on a desperate study of medicine in order to cure Helen's blindness and hopefully
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| Directed by |
Douglas Sirk
Imitation of Life, Written on the Wind, All That Heaven Allows |
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| Written by |
Robert Blees
Frogs, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, The Black Scorpion | |
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| Music By |
Frank Skinner
Harvey, Saboteur, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein |
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