Dark Victory

Dark Victory

Drama · 1939 · 1h 44m

Movie

6.9/10 · TMDB

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.

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Cast & crew

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)

Information

Release date
20 April 1939
Director
Edmund Goulding
Genres
Drama, Romance
Runtime
1h 44m
Country of origin
United States

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