Dark Victory

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!

NR 1939 · 104 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Edmund Goulding · Written by Casey Robinson

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Bette Davis Judith Traherne
George Brent Dr. Frederick Steele
Humphrey Bogart Michael O'Leary
Geraldine Fitzgerald Ann King
Ronald Reagan Alec
Henry Travers Dr. Parsons
Cora Witherspoon Carrie
Dorothy Peterson Miss Wainwright
Virginia Brissac Martha
Charles Richman Colonel Mantle
Herbert Rawlinson Dr. Carter
Leonard Mudie Dr. Driscoll

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