Dark Victory

Dark Victory (1939)

I've crammed every minute so full of waste. And now there's so little time. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid!

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1939-04-20
  • User Rating: 6.958/10 from 132 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edmund Goulding
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Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Cora Witherspoon

    as Carrie
  • Dorothy Peterson

    as Miss Wainwright
  • Virginia Brissac

    as Martha
  • Charles Richman

    as Colonel Mantle
  • Herbert Rawlinson

    as Dr. Carter
  • Leonard Mudie

    as Dr. Driscoll
  • Fay Helm

    as Miss Dodd
  • Lottie Williams

    as Lucy
  • Marian Alden

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Wilda Bennett

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Diane Bernard

    as Lucy (uncredited)
  • Black Ace

    as Judith's Horse (uncredited)
  • Richard Bond

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Sidney Bracey

    as Bartender (uncredited)
  • Nat Carr

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Glen Cavender

    as Headwaiter (uncredited)
  • Mary Currier

    as Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
  • Frank Darien

    as Anxious Man (uncredited)
  • Edgar Edwards

    as Trainer (uncredited)
  • Paulette Evans

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Jack A. Goodrich

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Eddie Graham

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • John Harron

    as George, the Man Taking Judith's Coat (uncredited)
  • Leyland Hodgson

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Stuart Holmes

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Alexander Leftwich

    as Specialist #2 (uncredited)
  • Frank Mayo

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Will Morgan

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Jack Mower

    as Veterinarian (uncredited)
  • David Newell

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Ila Rhodes

    as Secretary (uncredited)
  • John Ridgely

    as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
  • Speirs Ruskell

    as Dr. Steele's Assistant Henry Curtiss (uncredited)
  • Cliff Saum

    as Moving Man (uncredited)
  • Jeffrey Sayre

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Amzie Strickland

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
  • Rosella Towne

    as Girl in Box (uncredited)
  • William Worthington

    as Specialist #1 (uncredited)
  • Maris Wrixon

    as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
Writing Casey Robinson Screenplay
Sound Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Camera Ernest Haller Director of Photography
Editing William Holmes Editor
Writing Bertram Bloch Theatre Play
Directing Edmund Goulding Director
Writing George Emerson Brewer Jr. Theatre Play
Directing Frank Heath Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Orry-Kelly Costume Design
Sound Robert B. Lee Sound
Art Robert M. Haas Art Direction
Production Jack L. Warner Executive In Charge Of Production
Production Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Production David Lewis Associate Producer
Sound Hugo Friedhofer Orchestrator
Sound Leo F. Forbstein Music Director

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