Dark Victory
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!
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (1940)
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Based on
Based on Dark Victory
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Setting
Set in Manhattan
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Music
Music by Max Steiner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ernest Haller
Details
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- Writer
- Casey RobinsonScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 20, 1939
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Bette DavisJudith Traherne
George BrentDr. Frederick Steele
Humphrey BogartMichael O'Leary
Geraldine FitzgeraldAnn King
Ronald ReaganAlec
Henry TraversDr. Parsons
Cora WitherspoonCarrie
Dorothy PetersonMiss Wainwright
Virginia BrissacMartha
Charles RichmanColonel Mantle
Herbert RawlinsonDr. Carter
Leonard MudieDr. Driscoll
Fay HelmMiss Dodd- Lottie WilliamsLucy
- Marian AldenJudith's Friend (uncredited)
- Wilda BennettJudith's Friend (uncredited)
- Diane BernardLucy (uncredited)
- Black AceJudith's Horse (uncredited)
Richard BondJudith's Friend (uncredited)
Sidney BraceyBartender (uncredited)
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