Magnificent Obsession

Name: Magnificent Obsession
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1954-08-07
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.838

★ 6,8 /10 (142 Votes)

1954 EN 108 min

Overview

Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.

Rent

Buy

Release date

07/08/1954

Votes

142

Popularity

1.8

This was the moment unashamed... when this man and this woman felt the first ecstasy of their Magnificent Obsession

Genres

Drama Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

108 min

Jane Wyman

Helen Phillips

Rock Hudson

Bob Merrick

Barbara Rush

Joyce Phillips

Agnes Moorehead

Nancy Ashford

Otto Kruger

Edward Randolph

Gregg Palmer

Tom Masterson

Paul Cavanagh

Dr. Henry Giraud

Sara Shane

Valerie Daniels

Richard H. Cutting

Dr. Derwin Dodge

Judy Nugent

Judy

Helen Kleeb

Mrs. Eden

Rudolph Anders

Dr. Albert Fuss

Fred Nurney

Dr. Laradetti

John Mylong

Dr. Hofer

No photo

Alexander Campbell

Dr. Allan

Mae Clarke

Mrs. Miller

Harvey Grant

Chris

Joseph Mell

Dan

Will J. White

State Police Sergeant Bill Ames (uncredited)

William Leslie

Bar Patron (uncredited)

No photo

Greta Ullmann

(uncredited)

No photo

Herschel Graham

Observer at Scene (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

Loading soundtrack videos…

Doc Rock and the playboy redemption. Magnificent Obsession is adapted from a novel by Lloyd C Douglas, and it had been previously filmed back in 1935 with Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor in the leads. Here the piece is directed by melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk and features Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson as the emotionally charged leads. The story revolves around Bob Merrick (Hudson), a playboy who is inadvertently responsible for the death of Helen Phillips' (Wyman) husband. As he starts to find a soul in amongst his playboy image, he desperately wants to make peace with Helen, but during his e…

Read full review →

I felt a bit sorry for poor old “Bob” (Rock Hudson) in this. Sure, he’s an obnoxious and selfish playboy but when he gets involved in an accident that requires the resuscitator he awakens to quite a lot of disdain from those in the hospital. Why? Well it seems that at the same time, a local surgeon got into difficulties of his own and as the machine was busy elsewhere, well he perished. “Bob” is fairly upset by this news, so offers the hospital $25,000 to pay his bill and get it another gadget. This only seems to make matters worse for the recently widowed “Helen” (Jane Wyman) who gives him sh…

Read full review →